My Reading Experience Essay

What do you think of when reading literacy comes to mind? There’s probably many things you could think of but to myself literacy simply means the ability to read and write. Literacy can be different for everyone and it just depends on what kind of experience you’ve had in the past. My experiences have not been to good. Throughout my childhood reading was something I never wanted to do. It involved sitting down and being quiet. Now those two things didn’t come together for me I couldn’t sit down

I have many memories related to reading and writing. Throughout my life I have always been involved in the written word, and it was almost always a positive experience for me. The only exception to this is when I was actually trying to learn how to read and write. Before I was even in grade school, my father was trying to get me to read. According to home I refused to take any sort of lessons. I wouldn’t want to learn how to sound out all of the letters, I didn’t let teachers try to help me, not

from the gift of reading that we take so much for granted these days. The hunger for knowledge is a basic human instinct that has took place and influenced many people's lives, including mine. But I ask myself these questions. Is knowledge reading, or is reading knowledge? Can reading influence your life choices? Well here I am, thinking back on my childhood clouded by parental disputes and my adventure as a reader and how it has influenced my life today. My reading experiences as a child up to the

has been tough gaining School experience, however; my old primary school was very nice in allowing me to shadow different teachers to see if teaching is the right career path for me. I previously gained work experience in a school 8 years ago nevertheless, things have changed intensely. Technology is swiftly changing and children often use laptops as well as interactive whiteboards to increase their development in learning. I have been trying to gain as much experience as possible however, due to work

While reading The Food of Italy: a Journey for Food Lovers I was reminded of a dinner that family and myself had while visiting Rome. In the summer of 2007 my family flew to Rome, Italy, it was my first experience in Europe, and I was a very picky eater. The cultural significance that the city has with its food did not fare well with my typical diet of chicken strips and fries. While the cultural diversity of new foods is a blessing to many people who seek out the great reputation of Italian food

growing up, my family always pushed me to learn something new. Being a kindergarten teacher, my mother taught me the basics of reading and writing. Those basic skills laid the foundation for all of my reading and writing experiences. In elementary school, book reports and spelling bees were my favorite activities. Throughout middle and high school, I had one determined teacher, who was my teacher for all of my reading and writing classes. I believe experiences in my early years, my interests in

4 Bredahl Harlie Cheyenne Bredahl Professor Peter Epps Composition II 08 September 2014 I"The Importance of the Act of Reading" by Paulo Freire, describes the importance of the act of reading beyond numerous experiences in his life as a child, a teenager, and an adult. Freire begins his article by taking readers back to where he was born, in his home city Recife, Brazil. He uses very itemized imagery to describe the trees, the house and the atmosphere of where he grew up and how the text, words

would you choose? I know from experience that many people would much rather go outside and play. For me personally I would also go outside rather than read. You thought I was gonna say read didn't you? Don't lie I know I got you. But seriously I'm not a fan of reading. I don't have many reading experiences because of that fact so I don't exactly always understand what I read even though I was always pushed to read throughout my school life. Reading experiences. It's something that I don't have

different cultures, Mexican and American, and I enjoy reading books. The thought that these two completely different loves of mine would conflict with one another never crossed my mind, however they did. My beautiful Hispanic culture taught me how to say one word in two different languages, but it also made it difficult for me to pronounce certain words correctly or fully comprehend the reading. As a result, this confliction between culture and reading led me to despise both. After some time, I learned

After reading about continuous learning from Smith (2011) I know that I most identify with beings a cognitive learner. I enjoy reading about things and have always preferred to read a book to find answers as supposed to asking questions of someone or joining a discussion. I ‘m also an observer, and will observe how something is done before trying it. These are definitely traits of an introvert which I consider myself to be. Instead of being a part of a group I prefer to be on my own. I have intentionally