The Importance Of Reading And Writing

I have been reading and writing for most of my life. It all started way back in middle school. Most of my writings ended up being persuasive or narrative pieces. I would just sit down and pour out stories about myself onto pages like I was talking to a huge audience that was, for some reason, super interested in me. I remember in 7th grade I loved writing because I just got to talk about my life and all the things that happened to me. Whether the story was embarrassing to me, or were big milestones in my 13-year old life I always had a place to share a piece of me. If I couldn’t think of anything, I could just make something up and no one would know it wasn’t true. I would write about my crazy family and all the dysfunctional vacations we would go on and it didn’t even feel like an assignment to me. It was easy. It was a place that I could really express myself and I loved it. This sparked an interest in literature and writing that was carried out through my future in different forms. Components of all the writing and reading experiences I had, still show up in my writing style now, even if I’m not intentionally adding them in. But I’ll talk about that later, now for the next stop on my writing journey.

While my love for reading sprouted, I soon became obsessed with writing. My passion for reading only helped my writing skills to prosper. In fifth grade, I had a teacher who very well understood that reading and writing were important. Every day, we had a half an hour to write about whatever we wanted. Boy, my imagination ran wild. I often wrote fiction stories. My favorite part was when the teacher allowed us to share our stories with the whole class at the end of the week. This one activity really sparked the beginning of my love for writing.

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!

For many people reading and writing are the most fundamental skills a person can learn, it can also greatly influence a persons cognitive thinking capacity and the sharing of information with others. However, in some parts of the world, people still do not have access to education or the ability to learn to read and write. Lacking the skill to read and write can make things tough for some one in todays society, however with the right resources and mentors to support, one can find a hidden passion for reading and writing. For me, reading and writing has never been one of my greatest skills, I had always struggled throughout my younger years of schooling to keep an interest. As of today, reading and writing has made a great impact on my life, especially in the last few years since I began college.

Reading was the new outlet for my imagination and the stories I read fascinated me. They weren’t too unlike the scripts of computer games or the own stories I came up with on my own, but books actually had the action and emotional aspects written out. And again, while my peers were reading things about growing up, things that had morals and would teach valuable lessons (I remember one book about a shoplifter who had to do community service at an animal shelter), I read real fiction: Jurassic Park, Dragonriders of Pern, Lord of the Rings… Stuff of fantasy and science-fiction that let my mind stray from reality. Stuff that kept my imagination alive while I was being forced to learn multiplication and the names of countries. Of course, my teachers encouraged me to keep reading, as long as I wasn’t doing the reading in the middle of their lectures. But it wasn’t because of their influence, however, that kept me interested in books. It was because I loved it. It put pictures into my head and made me think. So I kept reading. But even then I knew reading wasn’t enough… Yes, the stories were fascinating, but they weren’t what I wanted. Back then I wasn’t sure what I wanted, but as middle school came to a close, I found it.

I believe my fascination with writing began when I was in the third grade. I had always been fond of reading to a certain extent, but

Over the years I have become very familiar with writing long papers, reading books and articles, and researching different topics. I can remember not knowing where to even start writing a paragraph in third grade to not knowing where to start writing a one-page paper in middle school. I finally got to high school and two to three-page essays was all I knew. In elementary I was already reading chapter books, and writing summaries for submission. By high school I was reading two books at a time. The only thing that was new to me beginning high school was research.

Learning how to first write, I believe, for kids is always fascinating, because it is something new to them. Starting out is simple, such as writing letters of the alphabet and slowly progressing into writing words, sentences, paragraphs, and whole papers. Even though I was a creative kid, through the years of elementary school it began to become tougher. I ran into obstacles when I was told to write a comic strip, a short story, and a paper about ourselves. Not being able to write what was coming to my mind in a manner that made sense frustrated me. Throughout elementary school I struggled with writing because I never figured out how to fix this problem. During these years I succeeded in reading and I would soon hope to in writing.

“Mama, I hate America! All they do is speak ENGLISH.” At the age of six, I moved to the United States from the Philippines. As soon as I arrived, I immediately called my grandmother complaining about how much I disliked it here. “All my cousin does is talk to me in English and she is annoying me,” I said. Coincidentally, I am not even able to speak the Filipino language anymore. Although I can still understand it, now I only speak English. The English language has strongly benefitted me and has allowed me to do things I did not imagine myself capable of.

From a young age we are taught reading is something of grave importance. In kindergarten through second grade I wasn’t afraid of big green monsters, adorned in claws and spiky things. What I feared most was located upon pages and flashcards. The big terrible words written in black. Those horrible words I had to sound out and how tiring it was to utilize that pointer finger that kept me from unabating confusion of what comes next. The only thing worse than reading in itself was reading aloud.

Reading has always been something I have enjoyed. I feel like reading takes some time to get to the level where comprehension and accuracy are equal. There are some good things that have happened to me because of reading and there are also some bad things that have happened because of reading.

Reading and writing has played a role in my life by making me more educated. I’ve became the literate person I am now because I’ve had teachers like Ms.Banner, Mrs. Stewart, and Ms.Thompson to push me to read even when I didn’t want to. Reading more helps with everything. Ms.Banner taught me that it’s okay to start with smaller chapter books like Diary Of A Wimpy Kid and other books like that to work my way up to larger chapter books that were more difficult. Mrs.Stewart taught me that reading can be fun and enjoyable when you have to read a book and do a reading log you can make it fun by doing the little things. For example, we read Picture of Hollis Woods and as we read the book we were able to draw picture to help explain our writing about what was going on to make it more fun. Ms. Thompson taught me that there is always a book that you kind find that you will enjoy. Whether it’s a romance book or a poetry book about basketball. I understand that reading makes things easier for everything because we read everyday no matter if we are reading a snapchat, instagram, twitter, or facebook post, you are always reading something throughout the day.

The average, uneducated person believes that being a good reader and writer do not correlate, but through many experiments and research, scholars have come to the conclusion that in order to become a good writer, first good reading technique is needed. This skill can be very challenging to master. A good reader must not only be educated but also must obtain a sense of position in the world. Understanding what’s going on around them and to express empathy and in depth emotion while reading. Good reading and writing skills derive from reading indulgently in many different genres and reading analytically; then those skills gathered to mimic authors’ styles and to create a unique way of writing.

Reading and Writing are essential aspects of life that influence a person’s character and outlook. For all ages, reading and writing expands the mind and exposes the idea to experience new opportunities. Studies show that youthful minds absorb the most information, so learning major concepts are best at earlier ages. My first memories that I can recall of learning how to read and write began at the early age of five years old. Both subjects were such fascinating concepts at the time and my curiosity craved to know more. Fortunately, now that I’ve grown older, reading and writing remain valuable to me because of the circumstances that occurred throughout my life.

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.