I became literate at a very young age around one or two years old and people could understand what I wanted. For example, bolitas (meant balls in Spanish) cooked beans and no bolitas was refried beans. I had a way of commutating with my family but sometimes I would forget what the word was and I used to describe the item itself. They would eventually understand what I mean. Unlike one of the cases in Deborah Brandt’s Sponsors of Literacy, I did not have a tutor or anything like that. However, I did have resources at my disposal, such as my biggest influences. My biggest influences were my mother, my grandma, and school, to put it in a short context.
My mother used to read to me when I was little. Literature was not really a big deal in my house, …show more content…
I used to do the bare minimum when it came to school, I took all the shortcuts I could. They used to assign us 15 to 20 words to repeat 10 times and write sentences for each, but I used write the words 10 times but I did not do the sentences, my mom used to do them for me. This got me to memorize the words, so I learn to spell them and I knew what they were but some words became difficult to put in sentences later on. She could not say no, I think she felt guilty for agreeing to let me repeat the grade. It was a win for me it seemed. But now that I think of it, it was not, it made me worse. I hated time reading so much, remembering elementary school is a pain. Maybe the shortcuts were not the best idea. Ideal ESL is supposed to make English easier but really I do not remember what was so great about it. I also do not remember how it was different from regular classes, it was more like a label.
Third grade was the best year, I was ahead with my math skills and math was the only thing that matter to me. That helped me to get into a gifted class. We were divided, 4th graders in one side and 5th graders in the other side. That was the best teacher of all time. He incorporated computers in the class environment. I mean during fourth grade we were supposed to learn how to use them but he used them in such a cool way. I learned to read better and actually try, a little …show more content…
Her class was even better than in 9th grade. We were engaged more and we could speak out our ideas, it was awesome. Texts that stayed with me were” Crime and Punishment,” “The Awakening, Brave New World,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and “Frankenstein.” Those were my favorite texts of all time. They left an impression on me and no other readings from school have done that. There was Socratic circles and open discussions about them to get the whole class more involved with the reading. In the “Crime and Punishment” section of the year, I understood what I read by participating in the Socratic circles. This book was more interesting to me because of its psychological aspect. The character in the story was ill because of the remorse he felt, although he did not want to admit it to himself. I definitely hated the ending, it was just too easy for it just to go that way. I really wished there was more to it. It is nice that I got those texts to remember high school
My mother used to read to me when I was little. Literature was not really a big deal in my house, …show more content…
I used to do the bare minimum when it came to school, I took all the shortcuts I could. They used to assign us 15 to 20 words to repeat 10 times and write sentences for each, but I used write the words 10 times but I did not do the sentences, my mom used to do them for me. This got me to memorize the words, so I learn to spell them and I knew what they were but some words became difficult to put in sentences later on. She could not say no, I think she felt guilty for agreeing to let me repeat the grade. It was a win for me it seemed. But now that I think of it, it was not, it made me worse. I hated time reading so much, remembering elementary school is a pain. Maybe the shortcuts were not the best idea. Ideal ESL is supposed to make English easier but really I do not remember what was so great about it. I also do not remember how it was different from regular classes, it was more like a label.
Third grade was the best year, I was ahead with my math skills and math was the only thing that matter to me. That helped me to get into a gifted class. We were divided, 4th graders in one side and 5th graders in the other side. That was the best teacher of all time. He incorporated computers in the class environment. I mean during fourth grade we were supposed to learn how to use them but he used them in such a cool way. I learned to read better and actually try, a little …show more content…
Her class was even better than in 9th grade. We were engaged more and we could speak out our ideas, it was awesome. Texts that stayed with me were” Crime and Punishment,” “The Awakening, Brave New World,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and “Frankenstein.” Those were my favorite texts of all time. They left an impression on me and no other readings from school have done that. There was Socratic circles and open discussions about them to get the whole class more involved with the reading. In the “Crime and Punishment” section of the year, I understood what I read by participating in the Socratic circles. This book was more interesting to me because of its psychological aspect. The character in the story was ill because of the remorse he felt, although he did not want to admit it to himself. I definitely hated the ending, it was just too easy for it just to go that way. I really wished there was more to it. It is nice that I got those texts to remember high school