Learning How To Read Essay

The first time I remember learning how to read. Was when I just moved to Tennessee From Texas. I think was in the middle of 1st grade and I hated reading. I remember crying saying that I can't read and I’ll never be able to. My father never gave up though. He always pushed me to read, and try night after night. Sometimes he would even read to me. Try to make me wanna read by reverse psychology or trying to make me jealous. But I was a stubborn hard headed boy (still am) and wanted nothing of it. He never tricked me into doing I guess that's what you would say? He never made me jealous and his tricks never worked. I always thought i was a foot ahead of him, that I was never gonna read and i never wanted to read. I remember even back then a I was a smart alec but I liked to call myself “a comedian.” Just for the record it never worked out for me …show more content…
But then just to top it all off my cousin learned how to read. After that is when i really wanted to learn how to read but not only did I want to learn but i wanted to be good. Not just good I had to be better than my cousin, and be able to read faster and understand it quicker. So that's when I asked my dad for help. My father is a great reader, so I learned fast cause he was also a great teacher. He was so happy when he found out I wanted to read.
Every night we would read Lord of The Rings together him a page then I read one. That's the first book I read, I was in 2nd grade at the time. That's pretty much all I remember about reading, I do know I had great vocabulary back then. I always thought it was from reading, because I would read big books with vocabulary I did not understand. So I would look it up, ask my dad, or just figure it out by myself. I also had a 6th grade reading level in third grade. I don’t read much anymore and I’d rather play video games or hang out with friends. But there you have it the story on how I learned how to