Literacy, I recall a time when I would reflect on this word at an early age and swear it’s meaning was no more than that of a 4th grade library book. My initial attempts of comprehending the true meaning of literacy got me nowhere close to evolving this particular concept in a way that made sense to me. Upon asking teachers and guardians about literacy I would always get the same answer, but to no avail, this answer would seep straight through me and fall through my cracks, never to find a permanent home in my mind to dwell and become of something. This repetitive answer was one that described literacy to be anything written down and anything that was readable, some even described it to be the ability to write and read. Nonetheless, both of
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I started to believe that literacy and its definition held no importance in the evolution of my knowledge, I thought to myself that I would be able to grow and prosper without taking the time to fully understand what place literature had in my life. Of course at this time I did not know of the importance that literature seems to hold right in its hands, I wasn’t aware of the fact that being able to comprehend literacy in my own way could benefit me in the sense that it would help me to be more knowledgeable and observant of others. You see, to me literacy is the ability to understand and connect with other’s deepest and most personal thoughts by just reading one’s writing. Being able to truly understand literacy is being able to read, and also write, between the lines. I believe one’s virtue is evident in their own writing, I believe that in order for me to understand someone I must understand their morals, I must understand what they feel in certain instances as opposed to how others may feel or react in the same instance. Many of these characteristics of one’s soul can come out in their writing, and if you read between the lines and you are able to comprehend any point someone is trying to make then you have accumulated enough
I started to believe that literacy and its definition held no importance in the evolution of my knowledge, I thought to myself that I would be able to grow and prosper without taking the time to fully understand what place literature had in my life. Of course at this time I did not know of the importance that literature seems to hold right in its hands, I wasn’t aware of the fact that being able to comprehend literacy in my own way could benefit me in the sense that it would help me to be more knowledgeable and observant of others. You see, to me literacy is the ability to understand and connect with other’s deepest and most personal thoughts by just reading one’s writing. Being able to truly understand literacy is being able to read, and also write, between the lines. I believe one’s virtue is evident in their own writing, I believe that in order for me to understand someone I must understand their morals, I must understand what they feel in certain instances as opposed to how others may feel or react in the same instance. Many of these characteristics of one’s soul can come out in their writing, and if you read between the lines and you are able to comprehend any point someone is trying to make then you have accumulated enough