It all started with a cereal box where I couldn’t understand a word on the nutrition facts. It seemed as if the box was filled with arbitrary letters and hieroglyphic symbols that the Egyptians established. The problem was, It wasn’t the cereal that mystified me , but every written word under the sun.
As a kid I had little to no interest in reading or writing all I cared about was having fun and enjoying my carefree childhood. Little did I know I was stuck in a mental turmoil of the 26 letters of the alphabet. I had lack of understanding from stop signs, bathroom signs, and even door signs. Although school provides us with the potential for reading and writing, it wasn’t enough to develop a further understanding. I needed to improve in reading …show more content…
Since my parents abandoned school to worked in a restaurant to support their parents and siblings. They had it tough because the China’s economy is rough to the civilians. They moved to America to seek a more comfortable and fulfilling lifestyle. It isn’t simple to sacrificed their dreams to fulfill another. They had a language barrier and realized they had to pick the language up as soon as possible to communicate with the customers. My parents supported my education severely whether I liked it or not. They would pay large sum of cash for after-school programs and saturday schools. I had a huge aversion towards reading and writing homework because the reading passage are lengthy and the essay paper were extensive. I knew I wouldn’t relish the three long dreadful hours of reading and writing. However, it cost a toll to my parent’s hard effort towards my education and I was treating it as a joke.
My 3th grade teacher would always divided us to groups depending on our reading levels. I felt degraded and inferior to the high level readers. The teacher establish our levels of reading by recording each students retelling and assessing a reading comprehensions quizzes. The teacher monitors our progress frequently in order to show improvement. I was a slow learner and my progress was gradually idling. It didn’t take long for them to realized I need extra guidance to advance the baseline of my grade
As a kid I had little to no interest in reading or writing all I cared about was having fun and enjoying my carefree childhood. Little did I know I was stuck in a mental turmoil of the 26 letters of the alphabet. I had lack of understanding from stop signs, bathroom signs, and even door signs. Although school provides us with the potential for reading and writing, it wasn’t enough to develop a further understanding. I needed to improve in reading …show more content…
Since my parents abandoned school to worked in a restaurant to support their parents and siblings. They had it tough because the China’s economy is rough to the civilians. They moved to America to seek a more comfortable and fulfilling lifestyle. It isn’t simple to sacrificed their dreams to fulfill another. They had a language barrier and realized they had to pick the language up as soon as possible to communicate with the customers. My parents supported my education severely whether I liked it or not. They would pay large sum of cash for after-school programs and saturday schools. I had a huge aversion towards reading and writing homework because the reading passage are lengthy and the essay paper were extensive. I knew I wouldn’t relish the three long dreadful hours of reading and writing. However, it cost a toll to my parent’s hard effort towards my education and I was treating it as a joke.
My 3th grade teacher would always divided us to groups depending on our reading levels. I felt degraded and inferior to the high level readers. The teacher establish our levels of reading by recording each students retelling and assessing a reading comprehensions quizzes. The teacher monitors our progress frequently in order to show improvement. I was a slow learner and my progress was gradually idling. It didn’t take long for them to realized I need extra guidance to advance the baseline of my grade