As numerous memories as I have of reading, I have no memory of learning how to read, so I assume I was too young for it to create a lasting impression. However, I vividly remember visiting my grandmother in Washington state when I was between the ages of five and six. We would sit before immense windows that overlooked the house’s yard and read short stories together. Thinking of these times inspires fond memories of reading stories such as Frog and Toad. I think this has an underlying effect I didn’t realize until writing this essay. I used to love when my grandmother would read to me, but especially Frog and Toad. I imagined these frogs living an enchanting life and this excited me. Fast forward to the future and I started to gain interest
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Throughout junior high I feel inadequate, and dumb to say the least. I thought the separation from the other students made me different and uncappable. In 9th grade I tested out of safety net and was told that I had one of the greatest improvement score they had ever seen. Tests in High School helped me validate my intelligence and once I no longer had a crutch and continued to score well I finally felt equal to my peers. In high school is when I became interested in frogs. Like I previously stated I think this is no coincidence to the books I was read as a child. Around this time I began pouring massive amounts of time into research online, self-discovery, learning about frogs and their habitats. I became consumed. The curiously was a driving factor in my passion for research which inevitable lead to …show more content…
One of my all-time favorite activities I enjoy doing is visualize story’s in my head as if I were watching a movie. Books can be often better than movies though, since you can create your own scenarios in your head. What I am trying to say by that is there is much more room left for the imagination in books than there is in movies. I take great pleasure in removing myself from my surroundings and submerging myself in a new world. Often it takes an exceedingly superior book for me to become passionate about it, whereas I consider it is easier for typical people in my generation, including myself, to submerge themselves in other media such as television or movies, short snippets of articles rather than the whole thing; I am not sure this change should cause me to be embarrassed or ashamed, or if it’s actually most typical nowadays, and this is where language as a medium is headed. I also enjoy reading informational articles, as they are fascinating and often straight to the point. I don’t feel like I happen to be wasting my time when I continue reading facts rather than fiction since I am learning information that are more applicable to real life. There is an interesting contrast in the material I relish but I think a balance to be
Throughout junior high I feel inadequate, and dumb to say the least. I thought the separation from the other students made me different and uncappable. In 9th grade I tested out of safety net and was told that I had one of the greatest improvement score they had ever seen. Tests in High School helped me validate my intelligence and once I no longer had a crutch and continued to score well I finally felt equal to my peers. In high school is when I became interested in frogs. Like I previously stated I think this is no coincidence to the books I was read as a child. Around this time I began pouring massive amounts of time into research online, self-discovery, learning about frogs and their habitats. I became consumed. The curiously was a driving factor in my passion for research which inevitable lead to …show more content…
One of my all-time favorite activities I enjoy doing is visualize story’s in my head as if I were watching a movie. Books can be often better than movies though, since you can create your own scenarios in your head. What I am trying to say by that is there is much more room left for the imagination in books than there is in movies. I take great pleasure in removing myself from my surroundings and submerging myself in a new world. Often it takes an exceedingly superior book for me to become passionate about it, whereas I consider it is easier for typical people in my generation, including myself, to submerge themselves in other media such as television or movies, short snippets of articles rather than the whole thing; I am not sure this change should cause me to be embarrassed or ashamed, or if it’s actually most typical nowadays, and this is where language as a medium is headed. I also enjoy reading informational articles, as they are fascinating and often straight to the point. I don’t feel like I happen to be wasting my time when I continue reading facts rather than fiction since I am learning information that are more applicable to real life. There is an interesting contrast in the material I relish but I think a balance to be