My Literacy Essay

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For me, literacy has always been a problem to this day I am still learning how to speak, and write using proper literacy. Literacy is not just reading and writing, anyone can do that but the ability to understand such things, to comprehend them that is, true literacy. My development for literacy has always been a struggle as I have spoken about before. I had a speak impediment when I was younger which used me to go into different classes which took me away from formal English classes. This continued into middle school where I was put into a special English class to work on our writing skills. During my duration here I saw very little growth if any, so I was entering high school with a reading and writing level of a 6th grader. I was then …show more content…

I worked very hard, but it was still tough I was maybe at a 7th grade writing level. This proven when I gave my teacher a paper, which she looked at it and then decided to hand, it back to me giving me a zero on the assignment. I did not understand, so I spoke with her and what she told me will stay with me forever, “this is terrible you had to right this last night, which is why you are getting a zero”. What she did not know is that I spent over a week on that paper before I handed it in. From that moment on, I know I had to work a lot harder than anyone did in my classes. That is exactly what I did. The people I have to thank are three people who have helped me learn and comprehend writing and reading. One is would spend time with me after school as I was dating her daughter, the other was my favorite teacher, if it was not for her I would not be here right now. The last is my older brother who would help me with my homework everyday if he had time from his own schoolwork and work. In college, I still struggle I knew I had to keep working when one of my professors had to tell me to work on my grammar. I went to the writing center and registered on North Star, a grammar website. I am still working on my grammar so my development continues. I was always able to read and write but being proficient using it is what is