Importance Of Literacy: Lifelong Learning

Literacy: Lifelong learning
Literacy as we know today is a basic fundamental human right and is the foundation for a lifelong learning experience. Literacy is more than just the ability to read and write, but it is more on the side of being able to comprehend what you are mainly reading and writing. For someone who cannot read nor write is called an illiterate person, and what illiteracy means is not having the ability to read or write. But with literacy, I feel like it gives me more confidence, and ambition in life, which leads to a more joyful and understanding lifestyle. Literacy is one of the key elements for expressing what thoughts go through my mind, and how I am feeling. So if I am able to just speak my mind, instead of beating around the bush, life will run smoother for myself and those who choose to be around me, when I am trying to explain the meaning of something.
Learning to read and write may seem a lot easier today because of the new technology we have but have no doubt that at least every person you have encountered in your lifetime, has had struggled pretty badly with this problem at least once in their own lifetime. For instance, Amy Tan also had some trouble with literacy, she states "I am not a scholar of English or literature"(38). But Tan was only being humble about her writing, she is the type …show more content…
It is in our nature to want to be the better person to the person next to us, to just excel at something like that is a wonderful feeling. I know because I am the one at fault. I try to act smart by changing a simple word and making it more complex, but in the end, it never works out because even changing a simple word to a complex one, it never really makes sense, in the way you want to explain