Reflective Essay: Where Will I Be Able To Read?

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In my essay, I will discuss the changes I have made over the past few years and also what it would be like to not be able to read, and the effect it would have on us. Starting from fourth grade leading on to eleventh grade now. When I first started off as a reader, I struggled very much, I was not a very fluent reader, I could not read out loud, and I stuttered very much. My parents and my teacher recommended a class, that would help with the problems I had with reading. Starting in the fourth grade, I would go to a class for an hour that would help with my speech and of course the problems I had with reading. I would go to this class every single day, I went to my class for a month until my teacher noticed some change, I could read out loud …show more content…
Even if it's short stories, or just articles on the internet, it is something good for the brain, and would help tremendously, and help you grow as a reader. I sit down and start to think about what it would be like if we did not have the ability to read. It also makes me think about how important reading is to us. If we did not have the ability to read things would be so much different. Our daily lives would be difficult. We are constantly reading, we do not go a day without reading. It's not just about books either we literally read everything, every day, we read when we use technology, when we're on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Reading is something we do and will always do, something we constantly do, Reading is a thing that comes naturally with us. When we first start going to school as a kid, we start to learn to read and from then on it's something we never stop doing. Could you imagine what it would be like if one day we lost the ability to read. I feel like we would not know what to do with yourself, sit there blank confused about everything. To go from doing something everyday and then losing the ability to read would be

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