Literacy, a term used to describe intelligence, the ability to read and write. When the meaning of the word actually took place in my life, I was in 6th grade. Life was taking a turn towards the importance of grades, GPA and ranking and before I knew it, writing was an everyday thing.
I was between schools for the majority of my 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade years. Every school had their own learning curriculum and learning plan so at some schools I would be ahead and at others I would be behind. I would say that the instability affected my learning abilities but in the long run taught me something about responsibility because at the end of the day at these schools I was forced to keep up with the work whether I knew what I was doing or not. …show more content…
High that I forced to write something important and meaningful was history class, and then is when all the knowledge I had been unknowingly practicing for, hit me. In the past, I was in schools that expected students to have good “literacy” but in that one class almost none of my classmates showed effort and interest in the matter. I can honestly say that I was dumbfounded to so the lack of literacy in my classes. Many of my classmates would shorten their words and put “wat” instead of “what” or “lol.” I knew that my classmates knew what they were supposed to be writing and how it should be spelt but no one cared and I think that “illiteracy” stems from laziness and lack of punishment. The students were receiving hundreds for half done work and in reality it made me angry. At the time instead of being mad at my peers I was mad that I was always held to such a high standard with my literacy while others weren’t showing any effort. But in time I learned that actually doing things right would get me places rather than taking shortcuts. I am not trying to sound arrogant nor make myself seem smarter in anyway, because there are so many things I can improve on, I just strongly believe that the standards that students are held at can really make a difference in the rest of their
I was between schools for the majority of my 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade years. Every school had their own learning curriculum and learning plan so at some schools I would be ahead and at others I would be behind. I would say that the instability affected my learning abilities but in the long run taught me something about responsibility because at the end of the day at these schools I was forced to keep up with the work whether I knew what I was doing or not. …show more content…
High that I forced to write something important and meaningful was history class, and then is when all the knowledge I had been unknowingly practicing for, hit me. In the past, I was in schools that expected students to have good “literacy” but in that one class almost none of my classmates showed effort and interest in the matter. I can honestly say that I was dumbfounded to so the lack of literacy in my classes. Many of my classmates would shorten their words and put “wat” instead of “what” or “lol.” I knew that my classmates knew what they were supposed to be writing and how it should be spelt but no one cared and I think that “illiteracy” stems from laziness and lack of punishment. The students were receiving hundreds for half done work and in reality it made me angry. At the time instead of being mad at my peers I was mad that I was always held to such a high standard with my literacy while others weren’t showing any effort. But in time I learned that actually doing things right would get me places rather than taking shortcuts. I am not trying to sound arrogant nor make myself seem smarter in anyway, because there are so many things I can improve on, I just strongly believe that the standards that students are held at can really make a difference in the rest of their