I feel like I could relate to both stories in a way the second story witch was written by Gerald Graff titled "Disliking Books" witch as the title says it's about how Gerald Graff does not like books witch is certainly right up my alley because i have always disliked books. I was never a good reader but there has been that rare case where ive actually found a book that i enjoined the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho so in a way i do have similarities with Gerald Graff on disliking books and he too has had that rare occasions were a book has drown his attention like the whole controversial ending to the book "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" witch forced him to read it again and in his own words "to my surprise found myself rereading it with
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Richard was a very eager and anxious student who had the fool support from his parents and was motivated by his brother and sisters like he said "they often brought home the shiny school trophies i came to want" But Richard was annoyed with the fact that he limited help from his parents witch obligated him to do work on his own and made him devote his time entirely to his studies. This is the part were i said i didn't agree with some of his decisions he made his ambition set him apart from the rest of his family. He was always inside reading when he was supposed to be cleaning the house or going outside to play like i normal kid should do. One of his teachers even said that he was starting to lose his Spanish accent witch he didn't practice because he was to busy reading. i actually grew up in a similar way like Richard i also have Spanish speaking parents and i did learn English at a young age and i also had problems with getting help with my homework. But my parents always had one rule that in the house we should always speak Spanish i guess what my parents were trying to show me was that we should always stay in touch with our roots and know were we came from. School was changed him and separated him from "the life i enjoyed before
Richard was a very eager and anxious student who had the fool support from his parents and was motivated by his brother and sisters like he said "they often brought home the shiny school trophies i came to want" But Richard was annoyed with the fact that he limited help from his parents witch obligated him to do work on his own and made him devote his time entirely to his studies. This is the part were i said i didn't agree with some of his decisions he made his ambition set him apart from the rest of his family. He was always inside reading when he was supposed to be cleaning the house or going outside to play like i normal kid should do. One of his teachers even said that he was starting to lose his Spanish accent witch he didn't practice because he was to busy reading. i actually grew up in a similar way like Richard i also have Spanish speaking parents and i did learn English at a young age and i also had problems with getting help with my homework. But my parents always had one rule that in the house we should always speak Spanish i guess what my parents were trying to show me was that we should always stay in touch with our roots and know were we came from. School was changed him and separated him from "the life i enjoyed before