Passion Of Books

Thanks to hours and hours of bedtime stories, I was able to read from the age of 3. In kindergarten I read to my classmates, and by second grade I was reading series like The Boxcar Children and Trixie Belden. Books allowed me to get lost in other worlds full of adventure and excitement. My love for what words can do has extended through high school. I pride myself on my book collection, anything from Hunger Games to The Picture of Dorian Gray. I’ve continued to read all the way through high school, some books four or five times because I love them so much.

When I was a child I had a passion for reading that I gained from the support of teachers and my mom. My mom had a love for reading and that soon and that helped encouraged me to continue to read as well and fueled my passion to read. One day I received a book called “The Little Engine That Could” because of my obsession I had with trains. To today’s

Throughout Grit, Angela Duckworth argues that grit is the single most important factor in determining success of an individual. She splits the argument into three parts: the concept of grit and why it matters, the proper use and understanding of the goal hierarchy, and how an individual can develop grit. Duckworth’s argument is important because it replaces the traditional viewpoint of success being determined by talent to one which sees success as a result of passion and perseverance.

One of my all time passions is reading. I credit my love of reading to my dad, who has spent a great portion of his life reading as well. Some of my earliest memories are of my dad reading Harry Potter to me and my siblings, though I was the only child listening. My love of reading has only grown since then. Through reading I have learned about countless worlds and thousands of stories. I have discovered myself in between the pages of many different books, and I have learned more about people and the world arund me. Of all the ways to spend time, reading may be my absolute

When discussing grit, it is important that one understands both sides of the argument. The persistence to complete a goal and the ability to endure adversity is the core of what it means to have grit. Growing up, children were often told the common phrase, “If at first, you don't succeed try, try, again”. This quote is often used to teach children to never give up, a way to ensure that they can triumph over adversity and grow upon their grit. The discussion of grit has grown over the past couple of years with advocators of grit like, Angela Duckworth, having written books and doing lectures on this topic. The same can be said for critics of grit, like David Denby, who has done articles for “The New Yorker”, criticizing the value of just

For as long as I can remember I was identified as a bookworm. I always accepted this title as a compliment no matter how people meant it. As I grew older, took more challenging courses, and participated in extracurriculars, my opportunities to read diminished. However, I never abandoned my passion for novels, bookstores, and libraries. As a freshman in high school, I joined the book club and now lead it with some friends. I strive to inspire others to appreciate the myriad of ways a book can serve us, and why I still love to read about anything and everything.

After reading the book by Angela Duckworth, I learned a couple things about myself. I first learned that I am a very gritty person. I would define myself as gritty, because I know I am not the smartest or have the most talent. But would I do have is a drive and passion for working harder than those around me. I have known from a young age that I wasn’t physically or mentally as good as everyone else, but that still hasn’t stopped me. I have always tried to outwork my peers, not because I want to but because I have too. The grit I have developed over the course of my life, I truly believe is better than any talent I have. I believe this because I am not afraid to fail, the only thing I am afraid of is not trying, because if you don’t try then you will never know what the outcome will be.

My passion for reading began the summer before junior high, the English class I would be taking had a required summer reading list. I had no desire to read “boring books” over the summer and summarize them. Fortunately, my parents made me read the first book and I was hooked. Consequently, I became obsessed (in a positive way) with this unbelievable adventure; “The Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen; transported me to the wilderness that summer and sparked my love for reading. From that moment on reading became my favorite pastime. Literature expanded my world beyond the Rio Grande Valley I visited the “Island of the Blue Dolphins”, and decided I needed dogs with “Where the Red Fern Grows”. I have several beloved books that I never get tired of reading,

In Angela Duckworth’s book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, she expounds and analyses her studies grit and other attributes that predict success in life. Plenty of good sources have been applied in her book. She linked her own and other people’s real experiences to her studies, collected lots of first-hand material, and cited some results of academic papers and books.

Passion for reading must come from the inner spirit of human being. It is something that cannot be forced into humans. Like Kacper, countless people could not find their passion for reading until they took a book into their hands. Book is a unique power that could impact person’s understanding of the world. It is like a drug, you use it once and you get addicted to it forever. “The library is an ocean of knowledge”. Author’s profound description of the library is a proof of the value he gives to the books. It is the place where he finds a true happiness and peace.

Ever since I can remember, I have had an insatiable curiosity about why and how the world works, to the point where it has made me something of an outcast in the small southern town where I have grown up. One of the earliest memories I can recall is in elementary school, when I would spend more time observing bugs at recess than playing with my classmates. Understandably, not many kids were interested in befriending Bug Girl, and it did not help that I was shy and awkward by nature. As a result, I spent most of my time buried in books. I would devour anything I could get my hands on - from fictional tales of adventure (the Magic Treehouse series was a favorite of mine) to my father’s thick encyclopedias. I spent hundreds of hours of my childhood hunched over, eyes glued to the pages, completely captivated. I would often spit out facts I learned to my surprised parents and teachers. Reading was my solace; it opened up hundreds of different worlds to me, so far beyond my own world of overworked parents and bullies at school.

I am passionate about reading because of its ability to spark imagination when reading about the setting and characters of a story. A literary outlet of sorts, reading has allowed me to see people’s point of views of today’s world and experience multiple cultures and religions, and escape from the bustle of everyday life. Because I have read stories set in different timelines and even worlds distinct from our own, I have learned to understand others’ reasoning on diverse topics, which has helped me better perceive situations or problems I may encounter and develop an individual view of the world.

Where my passion for literature started, my passion started from little things such as talking to people and reading signs to bigger things like books, newspapers and plays. My mother was the one who taught me how speak English and with her everyday encouragements to make me read books, I quickly became fascinated. At the age of five, I already had a small collection of books. My mother would always tell me “reading is your main key to knowledge.” My first year of school I remember walking into class to greet my teacher Mrs. Simon I automatically sat down and started reading my little mermaid book while other kids played with building blocks ,I always preferred sitting in my seat reading a book . When we

Angela Duckworth was a seventh-grade teacher in New York Public Schools, and became a psychologist. She is the author of the TED Talk “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance”. The main point of this TED Talk is that having grit is what will help you to succeed in life. She asks herself, who is successful and why, and she concluded that people who succeed in life are those who have grit, which is the passion and perseverance to achieve every long-term goal. She emphasized that talent or social intelligent is not what will lead you to succeed, but the key that will help you to succeed are passion and perseverance. Those who can stick with their future goals for years and work hard to make that future a reality is more likely to succeed. Moreover, she explained in her speech that growth mindset is great for building grit, which based on the TED Talk people who have a growth mindset are those people that do not believe that failure is a permanent condition. In my point of view those people who have growth mindset are more likely to be successful in life.

Although reading literature when being forced and for educational purposes has withered my once love of reading, I can still vividly remember where my love of reading began. My comfy living room couch holds my