Why Is It Important To Read Or Write?

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.

From childhood I did not love writing and did not put much effort into developing my writing skills. Although I used to hate writing, I did love reading from the moment I remember myself. I think the reason why I didn’t like writing is because I used to like just absorbing information rather than expressing my opinion about it on the paper. I believe that my mom was the one, who flourished in me love to books and reading. My mom is a doctor and she loves to read. She does not only read books connected with her profession, but also books that are not necessarily connected with medicine. When I was a child she used to read to me the story books. Most of my memories from

Throughout my years of schooling, I have become ambivalent about reading and writing. I have struggled in school to make myself enjoy writing. I didn’t mind reading as much, as long as it was to my interest. It has differed throughout the years I have been in school. Some years I have enjoyed both, reading and writing, and other years I have not liked either. Getting myself to enjoy reading and writing has been quite the adventure.

Ever since a young age I’ve enjoyed reading. My mother even read to me while I was in the womb. When I started kindergarten I was so eager to learn how to read. After I learned how to read my reading level was always significantly higher than the others in my class. I was reading chapter books in first grade. Similarly I was very excited when I learned how to write. Ever since then I have enjoyed writing and do it in my free time. I have been told and

Basically like everyone else, my literacy skills developed as I grew. The majority of this development made me the person I am today. This development took place during consistent years of my education. Beginning all the way back to kindergarten, teachers built the foundation of my reading and writing skills. As a younger student, I was told to memorize my alphabet, to constantly practice my spelling words, and always have my grammar rules in check. As time progressed, I was required to turn in lengthy book reports, complicated research papers, and complete analysis of others’ works. Over time, all of this work became repetitive and overwhelming, and I intentionally decided to weaken my efforts towards schoolwork and strengthen my efforts toward procrastination. I became more familiar with the art of delaying my tasks than being diligent and finding ways to improve my work. However, I have come to realize that I would not be as successful in my education or career path if I persisted to procrastinate and put off my assignments instead of taking more initiative in evaluating and enhancing my writing.

Throughout life, writing has been one of the major struggles I faced in order to succeed as well as others. Growing up, I would envy success from others, and I would wonder why I wasn’t better than them and why I couldn’t accomplish as much. Therefore knowing my weakness, I worked hard all of middle school to avoid the image that others placed me in, based on the fact that I didn’t do better than others. In high school I tried to avoid it, and it became easier to do as well, but as I arrived to college I wasn’t ready to all of the new expectations that surrounded me. Therefore, I have begun by taking classes that were the perquisites to help my writing improve. The first class I took was English 60B. That class wasn’t as difficult as I imagined and it taught the skills I would need for English 50. After I took English 50, I challenged myself by actually doing research and having to improve my organizational skills. Now being in English 1A, and although it is

When I was around three years old, my mother stressed about the importance of being able to read. I remember not wanting to learn about the vowel and consonant sounds with her because she made it into a chore to sing my alphabets. I was home-schooled, so I grew up studying on my own. Before, my mom would be assigning me the homework. I never understood the books that I was told to read, so what I did was flipped to the back of the book for the answers. I became very good at it to the point that I noticed the answer for all the questions was, “Answer may vary.” I did not know what it meant, but I do know that it was the answer. When my mom checked on my work, she wasn’t happy.

I rarely spend any time focusing on one specific task. My mind often wonders and I start doing multiple things at one time. In one day I multi-task for roughly 7-8 hours. It is pretty easy for to turn to non-computer activities if I'm not around people. When I am doing an activity I do not want to do, such as read or doing homework, I will take breaks. The most common task I try solely concentrating on is reading and even then I am constantly taking breaks. Whether its to eat, listen to music, go on social media, or watch television. Eventually those 10-15 minute breaks turn into hours. When I'm not trying to avoid reading I find myself thinking of other things and not comprehending what I'm reading because of it. I will not read for pleasure

This story is about how my reading and writing changed throughout my life going through school. When I started in kindergarten I couldn’t spell my name that well. I had trouble reading and writing, and it took me so long to understand what I was doing wrong because I’m a person that thinks that I’m always right and never wrong. As I went through elementary school, I had a problem with writing neatly, writing in complete sentences, and reading big words. When I was in elementary school I was a student that didn’t like to write during unless it was about something that interested me. Other than that the only time I wrote was when I was required to for school. As each of those five years went by I hated writing in a way, but I hated reading even more with each year that went by. The reason I hated writing during elementary school so much was because

My interest in reading began slowly as I tried to become a better reader after being placed in a Title-one reading class. I wanted to apply myself to be able to go back to my regular class and to be on the same reading level as other kids in my grade. At first it was hard for me to accept because I had always believed I was one the smartest in my class and I didn’t think I needed any help. I also felt inferior to the other kids as it made me uneasy not being as good as everyone else. My inability to read at the same level of my peers led me to work harder to become an excellent reader and out of the experience, my love of reading grew.

As we have learned, intentional teachers are “teachers who have a purpose for the decisions they make and can explain that purpose to others” (Bredekamp, 2014, p. G-4). Literacy is not only writing and reading, but it is the ability to put the two skills together (“What is Literacy,” 2015). I believe that all aspects of literacy is extremely important and is a necessity in every area of life.

Looking back over my experiences as a reader and a writer I admit that I was too stubborn to ask for help. But I guess I just didn’t want my teachers to think I wasn’t smart enough. However, today I have a different aspect when it comes to asking for help, now when I am having trouble I go and ask my teacher for help I also try reminding myself that there’s sometimes where I can’t do everything all on my own. I also believe I’ve grown so much throughout my life. I started from being a slow reader to being able to read along with the rest of my classmates without making myself pretending to read. In addition, I went from being afraid of reading out loud to been able to have that confidence to read without worrying about wat others might say.

My reading journey has been a roller coaster from the very beginning. In first grade my life took a big turn when I moved from the Houston area out to New Caney. In Houston, we had just begun to learn to read, and I was right on track with the rest of the class. I felt normal, but when I moved everything changed. I was placed in the lowest reading group, and I was the slowest reader in my class. Then I was tested and place in a reading resource classroom for reading. My self-esteem dropped and from that day I did not like to read. In school I always made good grades, but I always felt like everyone was smarter than I was. It did not help that in 9th grade, they gave us a reading test to find our reading level and I fell at an 8th grade

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 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.