Believe
“ Ta-he….NO, no, no..t, ha, eh. Lilly I can’t do it.” I looked at her with a big smile, knowing she's starting to understand, and replied “but you ARE doing it! There is no such thing as can't. You are sounding it out and you are doing a marvelous job!” She looked at me like i was crazy and didn't know what i was talking about. I could feel that she was starting to comprehend what she was seeing. When you think about everything you have to do to learn to read you may even think it's easy since you already know how to read. For my aunt it's like reading spanish and then trying to understand and make sense of what you read. Reading and comprehension is totally different for everyone.
“Lilly i don't understand this at all, reading is too hard for me to know..” I looked at her astonished. Quitting. I understand it's hard to learn and but quitting isn't the answer to not knowing, learning is the answer to not knowing. “Aunt lisa i know you can do it.. Will you just try one more time for me. I can even make sentences with the word in it if it will make more sense for you. You can do it i know …show more content…
I believe in you” She just stared at me. It was the kind of stare that makes you want to give in. I smiled at her knowing that she wanted me to give in. “Okay then. I take it you don't want to try again.. Well im going to go home them and look at all my magazines
“ Ta-he….NO, no, no..t, ha, eh. Lilly I can’t do it.” I looked at her with a big smile, knowing she's starting to understand, and replied “but you ARE doing it! There is no such thing as can't. You are sounding it out and you are doing a marvelous job!” She looked at me like i was crazy and didn't know what i was talking about. I could feel that she was starting to comprehend what she was seeing. When you think about everything you have to do to learn to read you may even think it's easy since you already know how to read. For my aunt it's like reading spanish and then trying to understand and make sense of what you read. Reading and comprehension is totally different for everyone.
“Lilly i don't understand this at all, reading is too hard for me to know..” I looked at her astonished. Quitting. I understand it's hard to learn and but quitting isn't the answer to not knowing, learning is the answer to not knowing. “Aunt lisa i know you can do it.. Will you just try one more time for me. I can even make sentences with the word in it if it will make more sense for you. You can do it i know …show more content…
I believe in you” She just stared at me. It was the kind of stare that makes you want to give in. I smiled at her knowing that she wanted me to give in. “Okay then. I take it you don't want to try again.. Well im going to go home them and look at all my magazines