Reading And Writing Analysis

Reading and writing are two of the most important skills an individual can possess. Without them, receiving an education or even performing everyday tasks, such as reading a menu or writing own name could be challenging. Everyone has a background story when it comes to learning and developing these skills. In my case, school has been an important part of my development; in fact, a majority of situations are similar to what I encountered growing up, because schoolteachers helped shape us students into the readers and writers we become. Writing and reading was brought to me in various approaches, through parents, teachers, siblings, and peers. One of the most significant influences on my ability to read was my parents. As a child, my siblings and I always had the opportunity to either read, or be read to, by our parents because they enjoyed watching us succeed at school. We would spend countless amount of hours reading the same book over and over, to the point we almost had it …show more content…
As a result of having a sister who is the same age as me, we had an advantage when it came to reading assignments, such as always having someone to bounce ideas back and forth from for writing assignments. Competitions were always at a high, whether it was who read the most books or who came up with the best plot for a story. Times related to this had such a significant impact on learning how to read and write for the both of us. Not only did my sister have an impact on my reading and writing abilities, but my brother did as well. He is older than I am and someone I look up to; therefore, I knew I could always ask him anything when I was in need of help on a paper or could not figure out what a word meant. Because my siblings were learning to read and write along with me, this caused them to have a significant impact on my