Superman And Me Analysis

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The importance of being literate
Being literate is a gift that you can give to yourself by learning how to read and write. Literacy is one of the most important resource that we have to work hard for obtain it. We as human being use literacy to communicate with other people by writing to express our feelings and concerns, and we use reading to know the opinions and thoughts of other. In the essay “Superman and me”, by Sherman Alexie, he focuses on how he became literate and how it impacted his life at home and school. While some of my early literacy narrative at home has similarities Sherman Alexie’s narrative, his experiences in school and outside of the home differ significantly from my own educational experiences of learning to read and write.
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I remember how my godmother was always buying new books for my sister and I, in my bedroom I had a little tablet full of different books about children’s stories. However, I remember one special book called Nacho, it was the helpful book that I had in my process of becoming literate. Moreover, my uncle Rossy was always worried about my education life. She helped me to do my homework in the correct way, and it was the reason I had good grades in school. When I was in my early age, I was supported by my family in my learning process. Almost the majority of my family was supporting me to become literate. Also I was and I still being supportive by myself. I remember when I first began to read and write, I was 5 years old. It was easy for me because I was supportive my family, but at the same time it was difficult because I am the type of person who hate make mistakes or not get what somebody else is teaching me, and I used to be frustrated back then in my process of becoming

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