The event that shaped the way I see literacy is being raised in a Spanish speaking household. I chose this event because my mother has a massive effect on the way I see literacy. This event shaped how I see literacy in many ways. For example, when I started school it was extremely problematic for me to grasp the American language (English). While the rest of the children could slightly read, write, and understand English, I on the contradictory could not. My mother knew limited English, and her motivation for her daughter to learn the language inspired her to learn it herself. The principal motive of her interest in learning English was so that she would have the ability to teach/tutor me. This is why the event of my mother educating herself for the benefit of helping me with my education impacts my view on literacy and is why I appreciate and admire it so much.
In the United States of America many different children have immigrant parents, which makes it more difficult for them to learn English, so I happened to be one of those children. I am sure you wonder, how exactly did I learn the American Language? When I was three years old my mother enrolled me in a program named Head Start. “Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families.” That gives you the idea that my family was low-income, but yeah it is true. At the time my mother was raising me and my little brother. …show more content…
My mother has impacted my life in so many ways and literacy is one of the biggest ways she has impact me. It was not as difficult for me to learn English, because I was so young, but my mother on the other hand it was like having to carry a 200 pound rock up a steep hill. I believe if you put your mind to something, there is nothing in this universe that can
In the United States of America many different children have immigrant parents, which makes it more difficult for them to learn English, so I happened to be one of those children. I am sure you wonder, how exactly did I learn the American Language? When I was three years old my mother enrolled me in a program named Head Start. “Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families.” That gives you the idea that my family was low-income, but yeah it is true. At the time my mother was raising me and my little brother. …show more content…
My mother has impacted my life in so many ways and literacy is one of the biggest ways she has impact me. It was not as difficult for me to learn English, because I was so young, but my mother on the other hand it was like having to carry a 200 pound rock up a steep hill. I believe if you put your mind to something, there is nothing in this universe that can