Personal Narrative: My Reading Goals

James Patterson perfectly sums up my lengthy, arduous, and ever-changing relationship with reading. "There is no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books." As I grow older, and come to appreciate the influence that words have over the human mind and soul, this quote resonates with me more deeply. The interpretation of words has had an immense impact over my life, and is something I will be forever indebted to.

The article “The Six Hour D…and How to Avoid It” by Professor Dewey was helpful. As a college student I found the tips useful. Dewey gave me ideas on how to increase my likelihood for success. The article also made me realize that the way I am and have been studying is not the most beneficial time wise or information wise. I plan to take my newly gained knowledge to benefit my future academic

As a child, I read non-stop. I used to spend entire nights reading, so much so that by the age of 9, I had developed grey circles under my eyes, which I wore like a badge. In school, I would use every free second I had to get just a little closer to finishing whatever book I had on hand. Ms. Carpenter, who always seemed as though she didn’t like teaching very much, frequently yelled at me for keeping my books on my desk so I could get to them quicker whenever I finished my classwork. She insisted that they were a distraction. But I always had a book to read, because every Friday each class walked in a neat line

My experiences as a writer have been both very engrossing and strenuous. I have learned a great quantity on both reading and writing, though, I continue to struggle on things that I have learned by this time, making the same mistakes that I do not even realize. Sometimes things are not so easy to understand when reading information, especially if the wording of an article is difficult for example. I love the idea of learning new things everyday. These past years as a writer have been very interesting, and I have learned and grasped many concepts I have been taught along the way.

My main goal is to read more. When I mean read, I mean read at least twelve books. I rarely read, so twelve books is a lot. The main reason I don’t read is because I am a picky reader. I only read books that have a bit of romance content in the book because I love reading these kinds of content, and I get bored if there is no romance. As a result, I should train myself to stray away from that topic and explore more genres because on the ACT, there are never passages about romance, which doesn’t help me out at all. By reading different kinds of books, I won’t get as bored reading ACT passages and train myself to read more. By reading more, I can better my Lexile, my ACT score, and my speed for reading since I read pretty

Reading can promote more meaningful learning. According to results from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE, 2004),

    Time management makes reading difficult to accomplish.  Between school and my duties at home, free time is difficult to come around.  I do take naps, which give me more energy to do my work for school, but, that replaces my reading time.  Indeed, it is my fault for not having time to read, but the other actions I consider as my duties calm my brain.  Not to mention, when my mother goes to some place she usually drags me along with her as a companion.  If I could manage my time more sensibly, reading would be another relax method.

Throughout the past two weeks, I have wrapped up the book, Chew on This and started a new book called The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins. This book covers the negative effect of the high standards, teenagers are forced to meet. I finished Chew on This by reading the last 36 pages in the span of 40 minutes. And got to page 223/405 in the book The Overachievers out of 295 minutes. Overall a total of 335 minutes of reading this week. I failed my goal of one book every two weeks, because of a few factors. The book is incredibly long, longer than anything I have ever read before. And I slacked in IRT, because of three all-nighters in the past two weeks, which made it extremely hard to concentrate - especially in the mornings. When reading this

I’ve always been an avid reader. When I was in elementary school, my mother would take my brother and I to the library every week to pick out books. I would take the books to school and read them all in one day. I loved reading so much that my teachers would call home and tell my parents that I was reading my library books during class instead of my textbooks. Reading has always been a major part of my life. I used to aspire to become an author. I even wanted to become an editor at one point. I used to make daily household newspapers and magazines for my entire family to read and enjoy. My strong love for reading certainly came in handy during my freshman year of high school.

Starting this year, every day we start class with ten minutes of independent reading time. I really enjoy this time. It allows me to choose genres that interest me, which in turn encourages me to read more. As I start reading

Have you ever had to do something that you absolutely hate, but have to do it anyway? That is how I feel about reading. It is not that I hate to read, I just have a hard time finding time to read. As well as, I have a hard time finding a book that grabs and keeps my attention. I love the idea of curling up with a good book, but it reality I just cannot seem to make it happen. To me, reading requires time, effort, and discipline.

My earliest experience with reading and writing were traumatizing especially when I was in the first grade. I still recall the experience I went through to this day. It made me really hate myself because the other kids were making fun of me.

Every single day in elementary school and middle school I would come home and read. I felt that books were an avenue for me to be teleported into a fantasy world that was separated from reality. However as I entered high school I found my love for reading to fade. I guess that as I got older there were more avenues for me to express myself and reading seemed to fall by the wayside. However that being said I have had a few instances in high school where I have read books that I truly could not put down. In my high school career I believe that my proudest moment that does not pertain to sports has to be getting a 4 on the AP Lang test. I struggled that entire year more that I had ever done my entire 12 years in school. Receiving constant grades that were much worse then I was accustomed to, getting a four proved to myself that I was a strong english

My second reading goal was to read nine books this semester due to the fact that I read seven last semester. I did not reach my goal to read two more books than last semester. I believe this is because I read books that I have to stop and think about and read over multiple times because they are not the genre I am used to reading.

Reading requires a habit. Without much practice, students do not have good reading skills. With a lot of reading, students will be able to find out past events, current, and can predict the events that will occur later. Students who have reading habits are capable of using time to read activities. Demand for information needs that continue to grow over time can actually be facilitated through reading activities. But this fact becomes different when the reading habits of students are still low.