Ever since I was in elementary school English class wasn’t my best subject. I had always had low reading scores and when I take the STAR test that score is always low as well. Another reason why I don’t like English class is because I don’t like reading. The fact of sitting down and actually reading a book was not cutting it for me. I thought I had better things to do like playing sports or hanging out with friends. English has probably been the most struggle because it’s not that I can’t read it’s more of what I 'm reading about. I could read a book and have no problems, but remembering and understanding what I read is the issue. Another thing I struggle with is vocabulary. A lot of words are hard for me to pronounce or understand. For example,reading poems and Shakespeare is hard to understand and know the meaning to them. Another example is understanding words when I’m taking the STAR …show more content…
If I had any advice for other readers I would tell them to try to enjoy reading because it will never go away. In our daily lives we read all of the time. Maybe it may not be a book, but when we drive, we read road signs or in school we read numerous things to figure out an assignment. Now if I had advice for other writers I would say just write down what 's in your mind. Don’t over think too many things when writing. If you just jot things down in the end when you put everything together it will all make sense. Another piece of advice would be to always ask your English teachers for help whatever you need help with weather with reading or writing. These teachers are paid for helping you become a better reader and writer. I would say that the hardest thing reading to me is poems and plays. The text the author uses are so confusing. They use words and sayings you don’t hear everyday. For the rest of my high school career and college, I know that literacy isn’t going to be my best subject. I also know that reading will be a struggle for me for the next years, but I won’t ever