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Before 8th grade, I wanted to be an elementary school teacher. My plan for the future changed when I picked up and read an arbitrary book. I feel that my application would be incomplete without sharing where my passion for STEM came from, and how it continues to grow. When I was in middle school, every student was required to participate in D.E.A.R. day, or Drop Everything and Read, once a week during homeroom. We could read anything we wished to, and I loved that we were given time to read, but I rarely remembered to bring a book of my own. One week, I chose a book from my homeroom teacher’s shelf, and I read a good portion of it during the 30 minutes allotted. This book was called “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle. A Wrinkle in Time
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Collapsing upon crisp sheets with a good book in hand on a breezy afternoon when the sun is too hot to bear, may be one of my favorite feelings of summer. I started reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, in the very beginning of summer, savoring the relaxation and leisure of reading on my own time. I took it with me to the pool where I would lie out in the sun and read a few chapters but mostly I just liked to sprawl out in my bed and read to my heart’s content. I read the book in about a week, reading for sometimes longer periods of time when the story was too good to put down. To be able to just lie down and flip open a book with all the time in the world is somehow greatly satisfying. Whoever thought of sitting in a chair to read has apparently never experienced the gratification of reading on a freshly made bed on a beautiful summer day.
A Wrinkle in Time lives on to be a timeless classic suspense novel for young adults today. Although school curriculums berate it for L'Engle's afflictions with Christian theology; which are especially prominent in this novel, her emotional family values, and ethical responsibilities stand out for a bigger impact on the reader. Madeleine L'Engle writes with a style that makes the reader ponder her use behind objects, characters, and dialogue. Her subjective symbolism puts a more meaningful reason to her story, and can discovered throughout the entire plot. Examples of symbolism surface through physical objects such as Mrs. Who's spectacles, to emotional feelings of love and hate, and even to general themes brought about of light triumphing darkness. All of the literary placement of symbolism tie together in L'Engle's effectiveness of bringing a greater message to the reader.
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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
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If one were to look at my varied reading habits, they would be struck by the diversity and over all unusualness of my mind’s library. I hardly remember the plot of the first book I read, but it was called Lonesome Dove. It wasn’t the actual first book I read, but I don’t really count the McGregor Readers from kindergarten. I read it in first grade because of my Grandmother’s fascination in the T.V. mini-series that was playing during the time. I wanted to be able to talk to her about it so I went to the public library that weekend and picked up a copy. Well, I actually didn’t pick it up, it was too heavy. It took me over two and a half months to read, but with the help of a dictionary and my grandma, I finally read it from cover to cover. I can’t really say that I understood it, because I don’t recall what it was about. But I do remember that it was quite an ordeal. Since then I have read many books. I enjoy fiction the best, especially those that are based on society, but have a small twist that leads to an interesting story. Some of the stories that I remember best from that early time in my life are Tales from Wayside Elementary School, Hatchet, The Godfather, and The Giver. I think that Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, is the only book that I’ve read more than once. I liked the situation that Brian was put into, lost in the wilderness, with nothing more to fend for himself with than his mind and a trusty hatchet. The adversity he faces and his undying drive are what fascinated me most. Since that time my reading habits have grown into a different style. I have usually only read what was assigned to me during the school year because that was all I had time to do, but I have always strived to put forth extra effort. For example: last year for English 3 AP we had to read an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography. Although that we only had to read a small bit, I checked the entire book from the college library and read it all. Although the way that Franklin rambled on and on about his “Franklin Planner” was somewhat boring, the way he describe his life was pure poetry.
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