Literary Narrative
The famous and brilliant opening line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,” from Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, properly represents my love hate relationship with literacy. Throughout my life, I have either enjoyed or despised reading and writing; there was no in between for me. From loving to read as a child, to being able to write letters to my state representative, my literary experience has grown rapidly in the past 10 years. I account most of this success to my favorite teacher, Mrs. Brownlee. While I have had my fair share of ups and downs when it comes to literacy, but I still continue to try and further my experience because …show more content…
Being forced to read in school took the enjoyment out of reading, and English class became something I dreaded going to. I stopped reading on my own, and only read what I absolutely had to in class. The affection I once felt towards literacy was now focused towards science and art, and my grades in communication started to fall. This newfound interest opened up a whole new world for me, and began a lifelong passion for science. While these times were unpleasant in regards to my literacy experience, the worst was yet to come.
By the time I got to high school, I hated reading. I no longer read what I was told, and tried to just get by in class by reading SparkNotes. I was forced to read Romeo and Juliet, Creaser, and Odysseus, and while I enjoy these stories now, at the time they were difficult and boring to read. This is when my grades really began to suffer; I was getting C’s, which I had never gotten before, and my parents tried to get involved. My dad, who is an avid reader, wanted to help me find joy in reading again. Despite his efforts, I did not regain my love for reading, yet I found another interest in literacy – …show more content…
It started in speech and debate class. We had to write argumentative speeches, research papers, and original pieces to perform. It was in this class my eyes were opened to the importance and relevance of writing papers. Now, instead of writing something to turn into my teachers, I was writing papers to use them in real life. It was with the help of my teacher, Mrs. Brownlee, I was able to construct coherent papers. She helped my shape my recently discovered fondness of writing into something I could use. The best paper I wrote was a persuasive paper that I sent to my state representative to try and convince Liberty to appeal its ban on pit bulls. Although the ban was never lifted, I was very proud of the paper I spent so long on. I had found myself once again in the best of times within my literacy experience, and I something I hadn’t for years – love for literacy.
I couldn’t agree more with Charles Dickens, life is full of ups and downs. Even though my literary journey was not all roses, I look back on it fondly. The lows I encountered lead me to find my passion, science, and my highs helped me achieve great things. From sending my paper to a state representative, to getting into the Pre-Vet scholars program here at MU, literacy has helped me in many
The famous and brilliant opening line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,” from Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, properly represents my love hate relationship with literacy. Throughout my life, I have either enjoyed or despised reading and writing; there was no in between for me. From loving to read as a child, to being able to write letters to my state representative, my literary experience has grown rapidly in the past 10 years. I account most of this success to my favorite teacher, Mrs. Brownlee. While I have had my fair share of ups and downs when it comes to literacy, but I still continue to try and further my experience because …show more content…
Being forced to read in school took the enjoyment out of reading, and English class became something I dreaded going to. I stopped reading on my own, and only read what I absolutely had to in class. The affection I once felt towards literacy was now focused towards science and art, and my grades in communication started to fall. This newfound interest opened up a whole new world for me, and began a lifelong passion for science. While these times were unpleasant in regards to my literacy experience, the worst was yet to come.
By the time I got to high school, I hated reading. I no longer read what I was told, and tried to just get by in class by reading SparkNotes. I was forced to read Romeo and Juliet, Creaser, and Odysseus, and while I enjoy these stories now, at the time they were difficult and boring to read. This is when my grades really began to suffer; I was getting C’s, which I had never gotten before, and my parents tried to get involved. My dad, who is an avid reader, wanted to help me find joy in reading again. Despite his efforts, I did not regain my love for reading, yet I found another interest in literacy – …show more content…
It started in speech and debate class. We had to write argumentative speeches, research papers, and original pieces to perform. It was in this class my eyes were opened to the importance and relevance of writing papers. Now, instead of writing something to turn into my teachers, I was writing papers to use them in real life. It was with the help of my teacher, Mrs. Brownlee, I was able to construct coherent papers. She helped my shape my recently discovered fondness of writing into something I could use. The best paper I wrote was a persuasive paper that I sent to my state representative to try and convince Liberty to appeal its ban on pit bulls. Although the ban was never lifted, I was very proud of the paper I spent so long on. I had found myself once again in the best of times within my literacy experience, and I something I hadn’t for years – love for literacy.
I couldn’t agree more with Charles Dickens, life is full of ups and downs. Even though my literary journey was not all roses, I look back on it fondly. The lows I encountered lead me to find my passion, science, and my highs helped me achieve great things. From sending my paper to a state representative, to getting into the Pre-Vet scholars program here at MU, literacy has helped me in many