'Learning To Read' By Malcolm X

Since the beginning of my first year at school I have been learning to read and write. Throughout these years I have had a lot of experiences with reading and writing. All through high school we would write responses and essays over books we read. Once I entered college everything changed; I began to learn about writers and people who were known because of their great works of literature. In college, you are held to a higher standard and responsibility than you are in high school; this challenge has encouraged me to work hard and because of this I have become better at writing. In this essay I will be analyzing my own writing based on our responses throughout the year so far. One of the stories we read in English Comp was “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X. In this story, Malcolm X talks about his past life and his journey to independently learning how to read. Malcolm X states that college has too many distractions to learn effectively. I responded, “College is a place to help you realize and then focus on what you want to do professionally. I am in college to earn my Associates of Applied Science degree. I want to get out of this experience, knowledge toward my field of study while learning what I like and I don’t like to do. Many people, including myself, would much rather choose college over prison any day.” …show more content…
I added personal information, that I myself am in college, to show an connection between the topic and myself. My response also included an emotional connection by expressing my goals and purpose for attending college. I elaborated that college could give me experiences that would impact and change the direction of the course I was going. I also included an example of what a person’s future could hold if they didn’t attend college. This example, living a life in prison, provided an emotional impact on the