Learning To Read Analysis

To be honest I don't remember learning to read. It just seems like I've always known how to. I don't remember the struggle and determination little kids have trying to pronounce words that I can say with just a snap of my finger. It seems like reading is something I've always known how to do. If it's something I've known for awhile why don't I engage in this activity more? My mom always told me that when teaching me to read I caught on rather quickly. This makes a lot of sense because it explains my personality. I tend to catch onto things quickly, except calculus. To my parents this might have been the first sign to them that I'd be a quick learner. As I got older I loved reading the American Girl books and the Magic Tree House books. I had all the books in the series’ of both. At this age I had a lot of time on my hands because when you're little you don't have a lot of obligations. That excess amount of time soon faded. I did many sports when I was little and to this day. My parents put me on a competitive cheerleading team, soccer, softball, and I was on a competitive gymnastics team. Between practices, games, and meets I'd try to read but that time was also taken over by homework. As a gymnast you miss a lot of school to travel across the country for meets. As a result …show more content…
After I am well settled and doing my dream job of being a Primatologist and rehabilitating baby orangutans, I want to be able to sit out on my porch and read. Like in the movies with the old couples sitting on their rocking chairs and reading a book. I know it sounds a bit odd but it looks so peaceful. Plus with my dream job, I plan on going to Borneo so that I can interact with the orangutans and on my down time I can easily find a peaceful place in the forest where I'll be working and doing research to read. It'll be fun plus reading might become more enjoyable with a strange goal and plan like