As I read the literacy narrative the specific question that stands out to me consists of: " Where do you think your feelings about and habits of writing and reading come from? How did you get to where you are as a writer/reader? What in your past has made you the kind of writer/reader you are today?" I know that most If not all my bad writing habits started in middle school. I always have this fond memory of my sixth grade English teacher handing me back my essay with a grammar or punctuation error marked in nearly every sentence in red ink. I recall feeling frustrated because all my efforts were made towards writing an interesting essay that went totally unnoticed. So many of us had teachers that would only grade grammar and punctuation and …show more content…
He explains the frustration that every student goes through when writing an essay while at the same time talking about relatable situations in the process. Usually when writing we seek help from a friend we know is a great writer to peer review our essays, and they'll eventually let you know how much of a bad writer you are. Osbourne expresses this situation that most of us go through while giving us something to relate to. In his paper there are so many things I was identifying with, being stuck on the same sentences, not knowing how to continue with the essay and the overwhelming feeling of not getting any ideas. In the process of writing he mentions that it is a constant bad habit of deleting sentences or starting all over after already having some work done. Many of us can relate to being so frustrated on being stuck on the same sentences that we decide it's easier to delete our ideas and start all over. Thomas explains that our answer of struggling to write more ideas is right in the sentences we have already written. Not everyone's essay has to be alike or even similar we all have different writing styles that we need to learn how to
My literacy journey commenced at a young age. My story begins with the typical bed time stories and slowly progresses into complex novels. Some points in my literacy journey have made me admire the written word but other times literacy frustrated me. These ups and downs within my story have made me the person I am today. My parents noticed that my reading was not up to par with other children in kindergarten and I was diagnosed with mild dyslexia at the age of five. My parents provided me a reading mentor named Mrs. Mandeville who has shaped my literacy journey in many ways. Events in my childhood have shaped my literacy in various ways.
Writing is a form of communication that has changed over the years, whether that is the way it is used or the meaning it has for some people. In the generation that I grew up in, writing has been around in many different ways, such as texting or instant messaging friends. I remember using Facebook at an early age and communicating with my friends and family through a different form of writing. Compared to my elders, the way they were taught and the way they used their writing has changed immensely. Since I grew up in a newer generation than them, my writing experience has been partially different in a good way. My literacy narrative will reflect that difference.
When I was required to write my first essay, I was so nervous due to the lack of confidence I had in
...me I have to write an essay, I get mad because teachers expect different ways to write the essay. If all the schools and teachers prepared us and taught us the right way, it wouldn’t be so complicated. Plus, it would make writing easier. The article explains what college professors looks at, and if I don’t do what they expect I’ll probably fail the class. Like it said in the “College Writing” article, “Writing a five paragraph essay is like riding a bicycle with training wheels; it’s a device that helps you learn. That doesn’t mean you should use it forever.” If I had known that from the beginning, I would of pushed myself or found a way to learn the college expectation way. In the end, every day I learn something new, and hopefully I will learn how to write more than a four page essay before leaving college. I want to feel accomplished and successful in my life.
My literacy journey began long before I had actually learned how to read or write. While recently going through baby pictures with my mother, we came across a photo of my father and I book shopping on the Logos boat, a boat that would come to my island every year that was filled with books for our purchasing. Upon looking at this picture, my mother was quite nostalgic and explained how they began my journey to literacy through experiences like this. My earliest memory of experiencing literature was as a small child. My parents would read bedtime stories to me each night before I went to bed. I vividly remember us sitting on the bed together with this big book of “365 bedtime stories for 365 days” and we read one story each day until we had
Most of us have struggled with literacy at one point. Literacy is a learning process; there 's always something new to improve on. My biggest struggle in literacy is
Growing up in working class family, my mom worked all the time for the living of a big family with five kids, and my dad was in re-education camp because of his association with U.S. government before 1975. My grandma was my primary guardian. “Go to study, go to read your books, read anything you like to read if you want to have a better life,” my grandma kept bouncing that phrase in my childhood. It becomes the sole rule for me to have better future. I become curious and wonder what the inside of reading and write can make my life difference. In my old days, there was no computer, no laptop, no phone…etc, to play or to spend time with, other than books. I had no other choice than read, and read and tended to dig deep in science books, math books, and chemistry books. I tended to interest in how the problem was solved. I even used my saving money to buy my own math books to read more problems and how to solve the problem. I remembered that I ended up reading the same math book as my seventh grade teacher. She used to throw the challenge questions on every quiz to pick out the brighter student. There was few students know how to solve those challenge questions. I was the one who fortunately nailed it every single time. My passion and my logic for reading and writing came to me through that experience, and also through my grandma and my mom who plant the seed in me, who want their kids to have happy and better life than they were. In my own dictionary, literacy is not just the ability to read and write, it is a strong foundation to build up the knowledge to have better life, to become who I am today.
As I reflect it becomes clear to me that I enjoyed writing my junior year in high school. My English teacher Mr. Duckworth was a one of a kind teacher. His classroom was a normal classroom setting with the desk all line up behind one another. All of his students would face the white erase board that was located in the front of the room. He would typically sit at his desk leaning back in his chair giving us instructions on what was to be done in the class. As we sit in the class, all I can hear are my classmates laughing and joking around as he spoke. he would already have an essay topic on the board that was to the right of us that he could easily see from his desk. This was an everyday routine for all of his classes. As we begin to write, I noticed how different classmates of mine would get up to ask for help with their essay. The students who never asked for help usually would end up with a lot of red markings on their essays.
My first experience to literacy came as a young adult. I have always been reluctant with my education, because of the family problems I experienced growing up. The harsh treatment our family received growing up made it very difficult to study in school, my body was physically in class but my mind was not. The trials and tribulations I went through growing up as a kid continued throughout my teenage years. Dropping out of high school I believe brought upon literacy difficulty. At the age of twenty-three, I finally had enough of feeling undereducated. Living in my mother’s basement with no job and an 8th grade education, the walls started to close in on me as my frustration became greater by the minute.
My relationship with literacy began when I started elementary school and that was the first starting point of my positive relationship with literacy. I really started to grow as a reader and writer throughout my middle school and high school years. Throughout my years of going to school I had many positive experiences that shaped my view of literacy today. My literacy skills have also enhanced throughout my educational years.
As writers, many students write to the expectations of their professors and not to their fullest potential. Throughout English 101 I had been writing only to please my professor or to fill the basic requirement to pass English. I always felt that my writing ability was never enough for my professors throughout the previous years. They always wanted clear and concise essays, which for some reason was unreachable by me. However, starting college and taking English 101 helped me with my weaknesses and changed my technique of writing essays. My experience in English 101 taught me to write to my fullest potential and to write what I felt; rather then writing what was required.
Why I hate to write. Writing is not my forte especially, when we have three term papers due in two days, and a research paper completed by next Tuesday, and having to use correct grammar. Have you heard people from Arkansas talk? We sound just like the hillbillies that Northerners imagine us as.
Reflection I’d like to start this off by saying I hate writing. I know it’s a necessary part of life, but I HATE it. I don’t think I’m good at it, it’s annoying, it’s stressful, and I have to do it right now. Worst of all I have to reflect on my entire year. But I’ll put a positive spin on everything.
There are many different types of events that shape who we are as writers and how we view literacy. Reading and writing is viewed as a chore among a number of people because of bad experiences they had when they were first starting to read and write. In my experience reading and writing has always been something to rejoice, not renounce, and that is because I have had positive memories about them.
Literacy is also gained through an education, and this is shown through Shannon Nicholas’s narrative about her taking the standardized writing proficiency test. Education teaches you to be literate, but how much you learn depends on you. In the case of Nicholas, she repeatedly failed the test and began to believe she was not a good writer, even through she was told she was a good writer and received passing grades in all other writing assignments. Nicholas realized how differently her writing could be judged by different people and this is true for all writing. The ability to change viewpoints can also be used as a tool in