Recommended: Personal narrative abot the importance of reading
I remember I was not like this when I was in elementary school; I used to love reading and read new books almost every single
When I was eight-year-olds, I was always told to read a book by my teachers and peers and I absolutely loathed it. One day I was handed an assignment, we were set off to check out a book from the library to read during reading time, which during this time I dreaded. After what seemed like hours, I decided on a Junie B. Jones book that caught my eye. After a brief reading session of one hour, when I finished the small chapter book, at once I decided to check out another one of the books in the series which lead to another one and so on. On average I devote about twenty hours of my time a week reading books.
Some may enjoy reading, while others may despise it. Why do some despise reading? Maybe because some may not know what they are reading before they begin, or maybe because the text is not interesting. Why is it essential to know what you are reading? Why are not all readings interesting?
Reading just doesn't interest me like it used to. I now feel as though reading just wastes time you could be using to do something productive. My summer reading book for my freshman year was Lord Of The Flies, written by William Golding in the year of 1954. Lord Of The Flies took all my motivation to read, and shattered it into a million pieces. Since that book, I am yet to read another one for fun again.
Don’t most people want to enjoy what they read? According to literacy advocate and author Pam Allyn, “You become a lifelong reader when you are able to make choices about the books you read, and when you love the books you read you tend to get better at something you love to do,”
I do not like to read a book but I like to read texts or Facebook posts. I didn't like to read a large and big books. I like to read a short and easy story book.
My Literacy Narrative I was never truly an avid reader when I was younger. I was the oldest of five siblings and left in charge of taking care of my younger brothers and sister. I was more prone to spending time outside than reading a book. Of course, I did find myself enjoying a good mystery novel, but playing ball would always trump even a good book.
Since the technology is now fast-paced and keeps improving, reading is being taken for granted. Many people used to read for enjoyment in the previous decades, but now less people enjoy reading. I do not think we will be reading for fun in the next decade because of all the new advanced technology we will have. We as a society are too busy wondering what is happening on social media at the exact moment and what is on TV than sitting down and reading a book. Cheryl Barnett-Bey’s passage, “Read with Purpose,” is similar to my literacy story because I would skim through books just to get the assignments done.
I’m not very good at writing. This paper that you're reading right now was a struggle for me to think of it. If I really try and work and keep brainstorming I can write a great paper, but it takes me forever. I’m not a writer. I hate writing.
My Journey to Literacy Have you ever reflected on how you became the literary genius that you are? This is my story or should I say journey to literacy. My trek starts with my Mom reading to me as soon as I came out of the womb. She read to me from childhood well into my grade school years. Writing started with breakfast everyday as I copied words from cereal boxes.
I remember the first time I read a book in its entirety—and the first book I read that I thoroughly enjoyed—because it was only a few years ago. Unlike most English majors, I was not a “born reader.” I did not read for pleasure until after I graduated high school, which was a mere four years ago. I remember during high school I did not like to read and even tried to avoid any reading unless I was forcefully assigned to for, say, a book report or some project that required reading. Because of this, I considered reading to being schoolwork—and I did not want to do schoolwork.
For as long as I can remember I have loved reading. Fiction, non-fiction, biographies, it doesn’t really matter to me. I remember my mom trying to teach me how to read when I was three. I started off reading small Dr. Suess books and then it was on to newspapers and chapter books. One of my all-time favorite books when I was a kid was Junie B. Jones.
Reading can be exciting and satisfying when for example you first meet a character at the beginning of the book and feel a certain way towards them, but by the end feel a completely different way about them. This feeling can really engage your attention in a book and make you think deeper about the people in your own life. Also, when you read a really well-written book, it can take your mind away from your own world and into that character’s world. Sometimes this even makes you more grateful for your own life that you have compared to your character 's situation. Or it can fulfill the void in your life that reading about a character doing just what you are lacking can fill.
My experience as a reader isn 't as extraordinary as many, but I love to read. I had some great teachers throughout my education that taught me to enjoy reading challenge oneself and not be intimidated by it. Through college and today I do not have much time to read, other than school books speech, education ,and reading. Those are the sweet books I know read.
Everyone knows that reading is important, but have you ever asked yourself why is that so? Reading is one of the most beneficial and practical activities that a human being can do. Unfortunately it is a disappointment that people these days read less. As we know, books were the main source of entertainment centuries ago, but with the widespread of technological advances such as the cinema, television, internet, among others, many people left their books on the bookshelf. The purpose of this speech is to present the benefits and the importance of reading.
