Personal Narrative: My Relationship With Literacy

Literacy plays an enormous part of our lives, especially our younger years when we must go through school. From children to young adulthood, we are normally being surrounded by opportunities to further our relationship with a form of literacy. Yet, for most of us, we do not take these chances until the day we are either pushed in or awakened to our potential within this field of literacy. There is no one single way to how we become involved with literacy since situations are different for everyone. Although, when we discover this feeling, many can relate by the idea of having their mind opened. I for one, can agree to this idea of having one’s mind awakened to the possibilities that are involved with literacy. Literacy is not just about writing …show more content…
While I was younger, I had loved to read and would read books throughout my elementary school days. Yet, when high school began I stopped due to me adjusting to high school and regrettably becoming apathetic to my surroundings. However, in my second year of high school my English teacher had moved away and his assistant became our new teacher. When he first joined our class, he was quite strict, but always pushed us to do our best. This did not change, in fact, it became even worse as the year progressed. Yet, I did not hate it as much as I thought I would. He pushed me to further my writing as he noticed I had a talent for it when he read my paper of a Shakespearean play. He saw the potential in me and so he would always discuss my writing and on how to improve. Thus, by the end of the year I had received an A in his class all thanks to the effort I had put in with the motivation he had given me. My English teacher that year, was the first teacher who helped me demonstrate the potential hidden within me. I had rediscovered my love for reading and my new love for writing. My relationship with literacy was beginning to blossom through literature