Growing Knowledge
I would not even know where to begin with all the things I have done in my life that have involved reading, writing and speaking. Although language arts has never been a strength of mine, I have improved significantly in these topics. However, I was never alone when improving on these skills. No matter the situation I have always been motivated by my peers, teachers and family members. Whenever, I found myself struggling to write a paper or complete an assignment, these individuals would encourage me to keep my head held up high and to never give up. Throughout it all, I can only say I am glad to be where I am today.
Early on, I specifically remember watching shows like ‘Dora the Explorer’ as a child on television; the simple, …show more content…
Seuss. Anyone who offered to read me a bedtime story was immediately given, ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’. Regarding the fact that I had read that book everyday for quite some time it came to the point where, I knew the story by heart, each and every word. I had not yet learned to read, but I had memorized the structure of it and so I could express the book myself. The day I had finally learned to read, I was so excited to finally be able to read each and every word because now I knew the meaning to it, without memorization. The haze of scribbled lines on the page very soon became letters with sound which helped to create an even more vivid sense of imagery, than Dr. Seuss had already …show more content…
When I was born my older sisters were ten and eight years old, so of course there was really no “baby talking” in the house. By the age of two I had already begun to briefly speak in sentences. My parents never treated me like a baby, which I think had a lot to do with my development in learning things fairly quickly. They bought me all sorts of things that would help me become a more intelligent individual, such as, flashcards for math, Dick and Jane books for when I was a toddler, crossword puzzles, etc. You name it. Anything that had to do with education, I owned
I would not even know where to begin with all the things I have done in my life that have involved reading, writing and speaking. Although language arts has never been a strength of mine, I have improved significantly in these topics. However, I was never alone when improving on these skills. No matter the situation I have always been motivated by my peers, teachers and family members. Whenever, I found myself struggling to write a paper or complete an assignment, these individuals would encourage me to keep my head held up high and to never give up. Throughout it all, I can only say I am glad to be where I am today.
Early on, I specifically remember watching shows like ‘Dora the Explorer’ as a child on television; the simple, …show more content…
Seuss. Anyone who offered to read me a bedtime story was immediately given, ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’. Regarding the fact that I had read that book everyday for quite some time it came to the point where, I knew the story by heart, each and every word. I had not yet learned to read, but I had memorized the structure of it and so I could express the book myself. The day I had finally learned to read, I was so excited to finally be able to read each and every word because now I knew the meaning to it, without memorization. The haze of scribbled lines on the page very soon became letters with sound which helped to create an even more vivid sense of imagery, than Dr. Seuss had already …show more content…
When I was born my older sisters were ten and eight years old, so of course there was really no “baby talking” in the house. By the age of two I had already begun to briefly speak in sentences. My parents never treated me like a baby, which I think had a lot to do with my development in learning things fairly quickly. They bought me all sorts of things that would help me become a more intelligent individual, such as, flashcards for math, Dick and Jane books for when I was a toddler, crossword puzzles, etc. You name it. Anything that had to do with education, I owned