Personal Narrative Experience: A Short Story: Hooked On Phonics

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Summer was here! I was booked for sleepovers then of course, swimming all the time, but pure summer fun was the only thing on my mind. I can’t think of another summer that I enjoyed (at a young age of course) more than this one but then I was struck with the most disturbing news I thought I could ever hear as a child. “You’re going to have to take a reading program with your brother” I honestly thought it was a joke! Reading wasn’t a tough subject for me so why on earth do I have to give up the rest of my free time? This was a non-negotiable situation and just as quick as my summer fun began the quicker it ended.
I was nine years old and at this time and there was a very popular reading program called “Hooked on Phonics” Now this program was to help enhance your reading, writing, and …show more content…

However in all honesty I felt I was already a pretty good reader! By the 4th grade I was doing spelling bees, and I was acing all of my spelling and reading test, so I was thinking “Why Me?” More importantly why is this ruining my summer! I was very displeased, until my mom broke it down to me. You see, my older brother couldn’t comprehend things as well as I could so my mom felt that if he and I did the program together he would be more interested in learning. So for the purpose of helping my older brother, I agreed to do the program (as if I had a choice.)
Did I fail to mention that “Hooked on Phonics” was for an age group younger than me? I think that’s the real reason I was so closed minded to doing this program. Not only has my summer been terminated, but now I’m taking a reading program for age group younger than myself! I’m sure if I knew what it was like to be insulted, I would’ve felt that way! Since my parents both worked full time jobs during the summer, they weren’t around to help us, so of course we had to get a tutor! The tutor wasn’t that bad; she actually turned a very dull and pretty boring program,

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