Literacy Essay
When i was in kindergarten, we used to read comprehension books or if thats what you called them. we would read them to see what reading level we were on. at the age of five, i had a fourth grade reading level..AT FIVE YEARS OLD! every year it seemed like i would go up a level in reading.
My mom and grandma also helped me get into reading and writing. My mom taught me how to read and my grandma to write. I’m glad that they helped me excel in school, without them i don’t know where i would be right now. I probably wouldn’t be at Upstate. I’d probably be at McDonald’s flippin’ burgers or fries. i enjoy reading some books. i hate long boring books. i like books with a lot of spice and “relations” books because they keep my attention and i can read them all day. Also, I hate writing long papers..I can usually sum up what I have to say with a page or two. In high school is really where i started writing more than one page of what I need to write about. i hated every minute of it but it all helped me in the end.
Being a Multi-Sport Athlete, It’s hard to be focused on school and be focused on the court or track..while i was jumping those hurdles, i should have been jumping in those books and doing what i had to do first. my senior year of high school was by far the best year of my high school career. I really buckled down in my books because there was no way I was not going let myself not graduate on time. I ended the year with mostly A’s and B’s and one C..come on…it was anatomy. There was one saying my basketball coach always said to all his players, ” Go Hard or Go Home.” So I went my hardest.
Then, I finally made my decision to come to college right before the end of the school year. I was originally going to go to Charleston Southern but then i came to Upstate and fell in love. I just loved the atmosphere and i felt like i could do my next four years here. So far i’m enjoying my year at Upstate. The teachers are nice and they seem to care..
Overall, I love
My mom and grandma also helped me get into reading and writing. My mom taught me how to read and my grandma to write. I’m glad that they helped me excel in school, without them i don’t know where i would be right now. I probably wouldn’t be at Upstate. I’d probably be at McDonald’s flippin’ burgers or fries. i enjoy reading some books. i hate long boring books. i like books with a lot of spice and “relations” books because they keep my attention and i can read them all day. Also, I hate writing long papers..I can usually sum up what I have to say with a page or two. In high school is really where i started writing more than one page of what I need to write about. i hated every minute of it but it all helped me in the end.
Being a Multi-Sport Athlete, It’s hard to be focused on school and be focused on the court or track..while i was jumping those hurdles, i should have been jumping in those books and doing what i had to do first. my senior year of high school was by far the best year of my high school career. I really buckled down in my books because there was no way I was not going let myself not graduate on time. I ended the year with mostly A’s and B’s and one C..come on…it was anatomy. There was one saying my basketball coach always said to all his players, ” Go Hard or Go Home.” So I went my hardest.
Then, I finally made my decision to come to college right before the end of the school year. I was originally going to go to Charleston Southern but then i came to Upstate and fell in love. I just loved the atmosphere and i felt like i could do my next four years here. So far i’m enjoying my year at Upstate. The teachers are nice and they seem to care..
Overall, I love