“When you finish with your homework, make sure you read for at least 2 hours,” my father would always say. Every time I heard this, I would get irritated. I was a 10-year-old girl quickly trying to finish up her homework, hoping to be able to finish in time to watch her favorite T.V. show. I did not want to read; certainly, I did not want to read even more because my father was forcing me to read. My father always had this idea that reading would one day make you smarter and knowledgeable. I was only 10-years-old, so I thought this was bogus. I thought it was my father’s excuse for not letting me watch my show; in fact, he did not approve of me watching the show because he thought it was too inappropriate and gory for my age group.
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When I got back the first couple of essays I had to write for my college writing class, I was disappointed. My professor’s comments on my essays weren’t exactly as what I was expecting. She brought up a lot of major issues on my essay that I needed to improve on. When she asked me to revise my essays, I remember looking at it and struggling on where/how to begin revising it. I didn’t know what to do. I knew that college writing standards were way much higher than writing standards back in high school. Because the standards were much higher, I had no idea how to reach that standard on my essays. It was quite obvious. The reason why I didn’t know how to write a satisfactory college essay was because I had stopped reading in high school. Once I stopped reading, I missed out on the opportunity of gaining knowledge and information as well as improving my comprehension and analytical skills that I could’ve gained throughout my high school academic years. At that moment, it was quite clear what the next smartest thing to do would be: get back to reading as a daily
When I got back the first couple of essays I had to write for my college writing class, I was disappointed. My professor’s comments on my essays weren’t exactly as what I was expecting. She brought up a lot of major issues on my essay that I needed to improve on. When she asked me to revise my essays, I remember looking at it and struggling on where/how to begin revising it. I didn’t know what to do. I knew that college writing standards were way much higher than writing standards back in high school. Because the standards were much higher, I had no idea how to reach that standard on my essays. It was quite obvious. The reason why I didn’t know how to write a satisfactory college essay was because I had stopped reading in high school. Once I stopped reading, I missed out on the opportunity of gaining knowledge and information as well as improving my comprehension and analytical skills that I could’ve gained throughout my high school academic years. At that moment, it was quite clear what the next smartest thing to do would be: get back to reading as a daily