My Love for Reading and Writing Background: My name is Qianqian Wang‚ an international student from China‚ having been in U.S.A for studying since June. After three-month practice‚ I began to write my first essay‚ recording how I learn to read and write and my love for them. When I was at poppy patch‚ my aunt gave me a series of animal stories as a birthday gift. Simple enough‚ I suppose. I cannot recall its particular cover‚ nor can I remember the plot. I cannot recite its facetious words
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In the short story "Superman and Me"‚ the author‚ Sherman Alexie talks about how he came about helping Native American children become educated. He detail’s about his life growing up on a Native American reservation with a limited supply of education. He taught himself how to read‚ and through the abundant supply of books from his father he became an “oddity” for being a prodigy. The author repeats the phrase‚ “I was trying to save my life” but later on he changes it to‚ “I am trying to save our
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The Reading and Writing Impact Much like every other kid growing up during the nineties‚ in a middle-class household‚ I watched my fair share of cartoons‚ played Super Nintendo‚ and occasionally went outdoors to play Cops and Robbers. I never had an ardor to read or write unless it was a game of MASH that I would play with my girl friends. It left me vulnerable‚ and I was the type of little girl to get her feelings hurt too easily. As I grew older and gained knowledge my outlook evolved. Reading
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Every since I can remember reading has been a up and down thing for me. I always loved to get read to when I was a little girl and to look at picture books making up my own words to go along. Throughout the years reading has grown on me in many different ways. Some of my early reading memories were creating words with letter blocks with my mother‚ reading rhyming books that taught me the basic sounds such as “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” and “Cat In The Hat” that helped me rhyme/blend words while in
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educational requirements nor housing. The poverty filled environment on Indian reservations had a powerful influence on the Native Americans’ expectations of their future‚ giving them hope of a better life after childhood. In Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me” it illustrates the harsh living conditions and lifestyle
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A Gateway: Through Reading and Writing In today’s day and age‚ quality of life is assured to be raised when one is able to read and write. Reading and writing are methods of personal expression of and the obtaining of emotion and desire‚ academic thought and intellectual discourse‚ and life in general (and that is a limitless “general”). Writers such as Daniel Coleman and Homi K. Bhabha effectively demonstrate the importance of reading and writing: They are paramount qualities to our everyday lives
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Lacking experience in writing and reading‚ English is my most feared subject. It is the one and only vulnerable spot in my otherwise invincible academic armor. I hate writing and I despise reading. Other than magazines‚ I cannot recall reading anything since "The Crucible" which was a teacher assigned book in my sophomore high school English class. Not that I read a lot before that‚ I don’t remember reading any books in my middle school years neither. Now‚ with this writing assignment since a long
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For a long time I struggled with academic weaknesses. Those weaknesses‚ being reading and writing. I had never been comfortable or confident while reading or handing written work. This struggle with reading and writing has made me unambitious in the past. I had not motivated to go to college and I made the decision to go to college but only to please my parents. My plans have since changed‚ in 2012 after recently graduating high school‚ I gave birth to my son. He became my motivation to go to college
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Tracing back on my relationship with reading‚ writing‚ and learning has two values: first‚ pick up on mistakes made and learn from them and the other is to see what progress was made. This creates a very significant impact on my current and future self making sure I don’t make the same mistakes as my past self while boosting my confidence. For example‚ back in my freshman year in high school I used to only skim through passages when writing an informative essay and end up misinterpreting what
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through the eyes of wisdom and genius”. - Sir Richard Livingston. When I was growing up my parents reminded me to choose my friends carefully. The same is true with the books you read. Some of the greatest books were written by some of the best minds in history. You have to choose the right genre that describes you. When you pick the right book you will start reading a lot. Lastly reading will change you by improving yourself and becoming a better person. There are many types of genres that I love
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