Personal Narrative: My First Year In Elementary School

There he was, orange hair, black square glasses, sitting in his chair with an “I’m the best” look on his face. I really do not like Arnold. Arnold looked alot like the boy from the Magic School Bus. I try just as hard as he does, maybe even harder and he always ends up with the best overall grade in the class. The last day of every year in elementary school, the students were handed their yearly report cards. My grades did not interest me at all as a 2nd grader. What mattered to me most was not my grades, but my reading level. Every year all of the students take a reading test a week before school ends. The test determined the reading grade level for each student. As I was handed the pasty white envelope containing the single most important …show more content…
Not only did I achieve a level of reading I was happy with, but I also had a shown sense of competition. This competition still pushes me today. I believe that even though I did not earn a higher level than Arnold, the moment still influenced how I perceive literacy today. With the persistent reading I did while training for my score, I was able to gain a skill of getting into a good book and never taking my nose out of it until I have read the entire novel in one or two sittings. I am also able to pertain knowledge of literacy, in any form, very well. Reading new literacy often, in order to boost my reading level, shaped my future reading habits. Today I am able to read a novel very thoroughly and truly understand what is happening inside the story. I do not know why 2nd grader me decided that Arnold needed to be defeated, but something inside drove me to be my best. This feeling I got was new and unfamiliar to me. A drive to be the best was something that propels me today and what helps me succeed. If I get into something and decide to put effort into it. I put all of my effort and passion into this project and make it the best it can possibly