Reading and writing are key necessities in life, perhaps in the most minuscule of ways. In many aspects, these skills are a must in most societies. We should always ask ourselves, “Is it enough?”. What are we doing to ensure that we teach our future generations the importance of them? Majority of us have our own intricate stories detailing how exactly we learned to read or write. Some may be similar, but each with its own personal experience. Many of us may also have different stories in which our reading and writing experiences have taken us today. With that said, I have my own experiences in reading and writing may it be from my own literary sponsors, my own self taught reading or writing experiences, or my experiences and thoughts
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I believe that it is safe to assume I learned by mimicking my parents at a young age. I can vaguely recall learning to tie my shoes, but before and beyond is a rather distant blur. Though, there are specific parts of my life that can be acknowledged as a major contributor’s. I knew when I was in elementary school that I loved to read. I often would take visits to the school library to check out a new story to embark on. I have always had a fascination with libraries. Tall shelves filled with books, the old dusty books that haven’t been touched in years, the smell of the pages. The only place better to read a book would be in complete solitude. Fictional and science fictional were always my favorite. I was always intrigued with how the authors could be so creative. As if their imagination were never-ending or their mind full of ideas. It was inspiring For me, reading was an escape. A sort of adventure in which you can open your imagination and enter into another world. Not just another world, but the world of someone else’s imagination. It is important to have a free almost childlike mind in reading and writing. Without it stories would be left with dry and meaningless, as if adding a spark of life. The desire for reading and writing can have a big effect on society for an individual at a young age, allowing them to be prosperous as they develop into an
I believe that it is safe to assume I learned by mimicking my parents at a young age. I can vaguely recall learning to tie my shoes, but before and beyond is a rather distant blur. Though, there are specific parts of my life that can be acknowledged as a major contributor’s. I knew when I was in elementary school that I loved to read. I often would take visits to the school library to check out a new story to embark on. I have always had a fascination with libraries. Tall shelves filled with books, the old dusty books that haven’t been touched in years, the smell of the pages. The only place better to read a book would be in complete solitude. Fictional and science fictional were always my favorite. I was always intrigued with how the authors could be so creative. As if their imagination were never-ending or their mind full of ideas. It was inspiring For me, reading was an escape. A sort of adventure in which you can open your imagination and enter into another world. Not just another world, but the world of someone else’s imagination. It is important to have a free almost childlike mind in reading and writing. Without it stories would be left with dry and meaningless, as if adding a spark of life. The desire for reading and writing can have a big effect on society for an individual at a young age, allowing them to be prosperous as they develop into an