The Journey to Actually Enjoying Reading and Writing Nowadays, I take pleasure in being able to read scientific articles and writing creatively. I can sit down on a bench and become engrossed in a novel that peaked my interest. Sometimes it even feels great to unleash my thoughts onto the keyboard so that my words will reach out to others on the internet. However, when I was a child, it was not simple for me to go out of my way to write something for fun. I could write something, but find absolutely no enjoyment out of it. It always seemed like a daunting and dull task that did not stimulate my mind in the slightest. At the same time, reading was one of my favorite pastimes because it allowed me to learn new concepts and explore fascinating …show more content…
I was all right with interacting with my peers, but when it came to teachers it was much more difficult for me to converse with them. They always felt intimidating, so I would tend to look elsewhere when talking to the teachers. This feeling caused me not to approach them asking for help because I was usually too frightened of the repercussions. Sometimes I would think to myself that I should go, but then someone else would go up to the teacher. I usually waited for them to finish. This feeling repeated many times because I would just not go because I would either feel that I was unprepared or that I would be troubling someone else. Also, I did not enjoy being an annoyance to others. My parents taught me not to be a nuisance to other people, so this had an impact on my psyche. Honestly, it is something that I still have trouble with to this day, but it was much worse when I was a child. On the other hand, I had a comfort zone that I chose not to cross because I felt that I was not ready to delve into the harsher realms of reading. Furthermore, my personality at the time was a bit off when it came to doing well in school. This problem came up towards the end of the first grade. I read so many books, but I was unable to achieve first place for the most books read for that grade. This failure upset me and made me feel that it was pointless to continue reading because it …show more content…
My teacher convinced me that reading played an important part in my life and that if I wanted to succeed in my goals, I had to read efficiently. It was also the time where I started to worry more about my grades and the future. I was determined to do well in school by making sure I read as much as I could. Now, I was able to start reading the more complex books that were extremely lengthy. I read through the entire Harry Potter Series and retained most of the facts after reading them. I was able to increase my reading and comprehension speed and obtain first place in most books read in the fifth grade. I read at home. I read in the car. I read at a table in the afterschool program. I read just for fun and academics. It was a marvelous experience to plunge back into the vast world of books, and it connected me with my classmates because we would have a new topic to discuss on a weekly