Reading and writing has never come very easy to me. There have been a lot of factors that hinder me from being able to read and write well. English has always been my least favorite class during elementary school throughout high school and it still is now in college. I can count the number of books that I’ve actually been able to completely finish reading on one hands. In school, whenever we were assigned to read however many chapters of a book at night, I would just look up the spark notes for that chapter because I have such a hard time reading. By the way, reading the spark notes does not work as a substitute for reading the book instead. My main struggle when it comes to reading and writing is the fact that I’m dyslexic. When I was in …show more content…
If I have to write a 5 page paper on “What is your favorite thing to do and why”, I could write about it for hours without being distracted. When it comes to reading I also have a lot of trouble staying focused and paying attention to the book I’m reading. Whenever I read, I find myself always drifting off and thinking about something else so I end up having to reread everything that I just read because when I read it the first time I didn't pay attention to it. This is really discouraging because I end up having to reread the whole chapter sometimes and I get tired of it and end up putting the book down instead or trying to read it again. When this happens I always end up falling behind on my reading and when I fall behind, I will either skip to what chapter I’m supposed to be on and be confused through the rest of the book, or I’ll just stop reading the book completely because I already lost all of my motivation to continue. All of these things are really discouraging and make it so that I don’t enjoy reading and writing which really isn’t good, especially because I’m in college now and have to write a lot more than I used to. I have more responsibilities now that require more of my time and I put reading and writing on the bottom of my priority list. My hope is that one day I’ll somehow just flip from hating English to loving it for no reason at all but that’s obviously unrealistic and never going to actually happen. All I need
Throughout my elementary career, I had trouble reading and writing. I had to stay for afternoon classes to help me pronounce and comprehend letters and words. I had to take on extra reading and writing curriculum to make sure I was learning at the pace of everyone else. I was always behind no matter how fast they thought I would
There’s a lot of things I could do to become a better reader, which I am already doing now. Sometimes there just had to be the right place for it. I get easily distracted, but thats something to work on, like blocking everything out.
If you couldn’t read or write, how would you tackle your daily life? Being literate is a crucial part of everyone’s life; reading and writing are essential for a person’s success. Every single day, it’s used, whether it’s for an Advanced Placement Language class or reading a billboard as you’re driving past. As a child, I grew up reading on a daily basis and I believe that I am as successful as I am on behalf of it. Countless memories have been created, thanks to the multiple books that have been read and the umpteen amount of papers that I’ve written. Throughout the numerous years of my education, my teachers and parents left a long lasting impact on my reading and writing skills.
So everyday I would beg my mom and sister to help me with my reading. My mom would always help me whenever I asked, but my sister was a little bit harder to convince. Usually she would help me though. Once I began learning how to read, I realized how much fun it was. It was all I ever wanted to do. Whenever I was bored, I would just sit down and write out all the words that I could. But I would soon learn those words and go look through books to find new ones to learn. I quickly caught on and I was able to read simple books very well. I would practice whenever I could. When I was in the car I would read all the street signs and names of buildings that we passed by. Reading became my go to whenever I was bored, sad, angry, or just wanted to have a little
Despite me disliking reading and writing, these past 3 semesters of college I have done more reading than I did my entire high school career. At times when reading, I will find myself reading the same paragraph five times because I keep distracting myself while reading. This also led to me not understanding the text. I had to find ways to read more efficiently. I researched ways to improve reading skills. While researching, the technique that helped most was highlighting important points in my readings. I have not reread a single paragraph out of being distracted since. I also find it much easy to understand and follow text by reading summaries prior. I may not excel in reading and writing but I am much more proficient in it. Being literate in reading and writing has helped me become more literate in many other areas in
Learning how to read and write was a challenging task for me as a kid. I believe I couldn’t read until the second grade and that was embarrassing. Being a slow learner made me insecure, which hindered me from building the confidence I needed to succeed and get pass identifying with having a disability. Instead, I was enrolled into a special ed class that I had to leave my regular class to attend. During my special ed class all I could think about was how I couldn’t wait to get back to my regular class so I didn’t have to tell any of my classmate where I was. Therefore, my focus unfortunately wasn’t on learning, like it should have been!
Lacking experience in writing and reading, English is my most feared subject. It is the one and only vulnerable spot in my in my mind. I hate writing and I hated reading, other than sports pages in the newspaper or sports books. My earliest time that I started reading and writing was extremely abhorrent for me. Sometimes, you could even say that some of these experiences bothered me. It was quite hard because I wasn’t able to focus on what I need to do. I was even struggling to write my own name. The young mind that I had, it was so easy to get distracted on what I need to learn and also accomplish, especially for the future ahead of me.
As a reader, I have always struggled. From the first time, I began to read to now. We never understood why until I was in sixth grade. In sixth grade, I was tested for dyslexia and as a result we found out I was dyslexic. Through my grade school and high school years We did everything and anything to help me to read better.
By the age of thirteen I probably should have been able to spell words correctly, but spelling was a luxury I did not have. Spelling is an extremely hard activity for someone who has dyslexia and, unfortunately, I was one of those people diagnosed with dyslexia. I decided that I was not going to let my minor complication get in the way of my goal of becoming a decent writing scholar. Over time, I figured out a few methods to help me cope
I had a few obstacles in reading growing up that did not help me at all. In elementary school I was in special reading classes. Nothing really ever caught my eye when I had to read. My teachers always picked what I had to read, I was not given the choice to read what I wanted. I also had a really hard time understanding what I was reading because of that I would always fritter my time away. I would just sit there and pretend like I was doing my work. I just disliked reading and everything that went with
I have a very weak attitude towards reading like I know i can read the book it's just got short attention for it. My 5th grade teacher Ms.brown influenced me to start reading because i was scoring low on the SRI. i didn't take her advice because i was being a hard head didn't think it will affect me but now i know it started to affect me my sophomore year it was not easy to keep an A in ELA it was hard now it seem harder like i have to work extra harder then i did before to get up to an
My reading process overall is very strong and went smoothly. As I read I annotated the pages and this helped me stay more focused and connected with the reading. Today it was hard for me after I went to the bathroom and came back to the reading because I disconnected from the reading and had to try and dive straight back in. I also put my cell phone far away from me when I read or do homework so that I will not be tempted to look at the phone instead of completing my reading.
Reading and writing are two of the most important tools in my life, because without them I would not have an education. They form the basis of a class; for example, completing a lab in chemistry would not be possible without following a written lab procedure. These two skills are taught at such a young age, and as education advances students must continue to strive to reach a higher level. I can remember in elementary school, we were always pushed to reach the next reading level once we had successfully mastered the one we were on. It was always a competition for my sister and I to be at a higher level, I usually won. Even though I was excelling in reading it was the complete opposite for writing. It is something that has never come easy
Reading and writing were never strong suits in life, and continues to be until today. I have tried to improve my skills over the years, and in the process of doing so, has led me to enjoy the art on this topic. After many years of school and getting to understand myself more I came to a realization. Due to the great academic opportunities that my parents offered me, I was able to find what made me want to go to school and work hard in life. I was able to find the passion of learning and writing and realized it was what I wanted to carry out into the world and in my future. My journey in finding my passion was difficult but taught me many lessons. After years of experience in english I attained that reading and writing it could lead to success throughout all courses and is a crucial component in being well rounded and an educated person.
Reading and writing are both important; you can’t have one without the other. They are skills that are increased constantly due to little things that most times are not noticed. Whether it is from a book to a poem, there will always be a way that it helps out your school performance. Reading and writing in general only helps absorb information, and enhance leisure or school related writing tasks. It has also made life itself so much easier because reading and writing are so beneficial for school and for life. How much you read and write today, will somehow affect your future job, family, position, or even your salary.