In a recent survey in our ENF class, 35 % of the students rather read blogs, Facebook, and magazines than a book. That tells you that some of these students don’t like reading. From elementary, to middle, and high school. Me and reading had our ups and downs, she never gave up on me. Through my years, my reading memories have become a metaphor for my life.
Growing up as a kid, I used to look at sports and car magazines. I wasn’t into reading books because it made me lethargy. I was into sports heavy as a child. So, books never crossed my mind. I was 9 when I checked out my first book from the school library. The name of the book was titled “No David’. I was so into the book that I had forgot I had to return it. Then I went back on my reading
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Whenever the teacher said its reading time, I would ask to use the restroom. The times I couldn’t escape to the restroom she would call on me to read. I would read really slow so one of classmates would get mad and read over top of me. My 8th English wasn’t having that. She would call my mom in the middle of class if I decided I didn’t want to read. Once I got into high school I began to take reading serious. I tried to outsmart my teacher my freshman year. That didn’t turn out well. I was giving a summer reading assignment. I notice that The color purple was under the Colom where it says books you could use. I told myself “this is going to be easy”. I had seen the movie a couple times so I’m thinking to myself that this summer reading assignment will be a piece of cake. I get my summer reading assignment back thinking I just got a 100%. I received a D for that assignment. I told myself no more trying to take the easy way out. I decided to take reading serious after that. I began to read a lot more. How to kill a mocking bird, Beawolf, and The Great Gatsby just to name a few. I would write an essay after I finished a book. My 10th grade teacher told me I should take AP English for my junior year. I didn’t take her up on the offer. Whenever my teacher asked the class does anyone feel like reading. I would take it upon myself and began to read out loud. I used to go to Barnes and Noble to sit and …show more content…
I didn’t dislike reading or anything. I could read you a chapter or 2 if I wanted to, but I wanted to be difficult because I didn’t think reading was cool. I was very facetious in school. As I got older I got out of that. I didn’t want to be that kid that never took school serious and didn’t graduate. Now when it comes to reading I get excited. I used to think reading was boring. Now I read a book or a poem before I go to bed. I do think me not reading enough was a problem. I feel like if I was reading more back the that my choice of words would be better when it comes to me writing an
My mom is In the military so when I was a child she was never really around. I was raised as a daddy's girl. Which in return meant that I was a tomboy, and I mean full blown, only wearing basketball shorts and baggy stained t-shirts every day. My life revolved around basketball and my dad, that was it. Reading was not a part of my life, I thought It was incredibly boring
“I might as well just give up, and go and get a different book” I thought
Each year as I grow old, I tend to discover and learn new things about myself as a person as well as a reader, writer and a student as a whole. My educational journey so far has been pretty interesting and full of surprises. Back in Bangladesh where I studied until high school, my interest for learning, reading or writing was so very different compared to how it has become over the years. I could relate those learning days to Richard Rodriquez’s essay “The lonely Good Company of Books”. In the essay the author says, “Friends? Reading was, at best, only a chore.”(Rodriguez, page 294). During those days I sure did feel like reading was a chore for me and how I was unable to focus and I could never understand what all those jumbled up words ever meant. It was quite a struggle for me in class when the teachers used to assign us reading homework. I felt like reading a book was more difficult or painful than trying to move a mountain. Just like how moving a mountain is impossible, trying to find an interest in reading was
Some of the books which we read in elementary were examples like, Dr. Seuss and other childish books. As I went to a higher standard of books, and got older,
The fourth grade was when Rodriguez started actively reading. Reading was something that was always a constant for him, day or night. His parents couldn’t understand why he was so obsessed with reading all the time since they only read for necessity. Rodriguez greatly enjoyed reading and found himself reading all sorts of novels at “…the local public library…under a tree in the park…sitting on a porch, or in bed.” (Rodriguez 229). By the time he was in high school, he had read hundreds of books, which had improved his
Ever since I was a child, I've never liked reading. Every time I was told to read, I would just sleep or do something else instead. In "A Love Affair with Books" by Bernadete Piassa tells a story about her passion for reading books. Piassa demonstrates how reading books has influenced her life. Reading her story has given me a different perspective on books. It has showed me that not only are they words written on paper, they are also feelings and expressions.
My dad taught me that books could be my teachers, my mom taught me that our backyard could be my classroom, and my sister showed me that you could bring books into the swimming pool. I did not know it when I would spend hours in the pool reading a book that my parents weren’t encouraging it in vain, but my family life, for good reason, was centered on books. We were the planets orbiting around one sun that was the bookshelf. Little did I know that books would be the catalyst to academic success in my early life, and I owe it all to my family. Although a life with a book in your nose might seem boring, I was never bored. Living through the characters vicariously, I explored Narnia with Lucy, attended Hogwarts with Harry, and rode dragons with Eragon. Of course
I was a typical 6th grader with a love for social time and hatred towards pointless homework. As I was tapping my foot on my creaking wooden desk with my book opened pretending to read, Mr. Daniels was watching over me like a bird that just gave birth to chicken eggs. I had a feeling she was going to ask me a question about what I was reading. I realized from that point on to always trust my instincts. Mrs. Daniels tall toothpick shaped body leaned over and asked me to summarize the first chapter in front of the whole class. Due to not even beginning to read the first page I told her I did not even know where to begin. Since I was not prepared for class, not participating, and being rude about my task at hand I received a punishment. My punishment was every week I had to write a summary in my own words about the chapter I had read. My eyes rolled in the back of my head so far I didn't know if they would ever go back to normal. I knew my life was over at this
As a child, I have always been fond of reading books. My mother would read to me every single night before I went to bed and sometimes throughout the day. It was the most exciting time of the day when she would open the cabinet, with what seemed to be hundreds of feet tall, of endless books to choose from. When she read to me, I wanted nothing more than to read just like her. Together, we worked on reading every chance we had. Eventually I got better at reading alone and could not put a book down. Instead of playing outside with my brothers during the Summer, I would stay inside in complete silence and just read. I remember going to the library with my mom on Saturdays, and staying the entire day. I looked forward to it each and every week.
It was the beginning of third grade but over the summer I had been reading so much I did the reading program at the Anderson township library. So when I went to school that year I was reading more often and when we had reading and writing assignment I would put so much effort in to what I was doing; unlike some people in the IEP class as me. I begin to excel at reading and
The book has a theme that no matter how difficult life gets, do not give up. I got
I wasn’t focused long because the books were shorter. I still didn’t read much after that, but she did explain that I would know how to read after school and to be successful in
Reading is essential in America’s educational system, but why have students been avoiding it? Many students today thinks that reading is rather shallow and boring because they are forced to read what their school wants them to read. Being forced to read books not in their field of interest can make them lose interest in reading overall. This is a problem because students will not read the whole book, but rather they will just pull out information needed for an assignment. Deirdre Mahoney stated, “They’re educated and plenty adept at moving through the system.
I also remember as young girl learning how to read and my favorite book that I could quote word for word was “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr.Suess. I loved that book so much I still have that today. As I got older my love for reading and books started to diminish, I went to a private school for my elementary years and their curriculum was very intense. It was required to read a book from their approved list and complete a book report each summer before the school year began. Not to mention the numerous books reports I would have to complete during the school. At an early age books and reading was something I had to do and not what I wanted to do.
My parents instilled a passion for reading in me even as a toddler; years later, an excellent,