Dyslexia

Wideman struggles with his ability to listen to his brother, as he explains to the reader how he feels talking to his brother for the first time in six years he states “In the prison visiting lounge I acted toward my brother the way I’d been acting toward him all my life, heard what I wanted to hear, rejected the rest” (p.671). Wideman and his brother shared a lot of the same traits growing up, they both were popular kids that loved to entertain and be the center of attention, and because of…

When I was little, I always said I didn’t like reading. I never considered myself to be a valuable reader or writer. My parents both loved reading, and I was always told that I would feel differently about it when I was older. As the story often goes, my parents were right. As I grew older and was exposed to people who did love reading and writing. I learned to love it just as they did. The three people in my life who have been influential to my skills as a reader and a writer are my mother,…

Learning to read is such an important feat to accomplish and if taught properly can be very rewarding throughout the remaining of your life. I do not remember a lot of things about my life growing up. I do, however, remember who taught me to read and the first book I learned to read. I also remember the feelings and frustrations that went along with these memories. While most of my school teachers were supportive of my learning, there were a few teachers that made me feel minuscule in my…

EXERCISE 1 As Wenger and Potter (2015) assert, “stand-ups can serve several functions, so it’s important to know in advance what you’re trying to accomplish with an on-camera segment” (p. 284). Personally, I would need to prepare myself thoroughly and conduct some research of my own to learn more about the topic at hand. My goal as a reporter is to establish credibility on the subject and be able to project confidence to the audience (Wenger and Potter, 2015). According to Wenger and Potter…

“Who has read a Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling?” My Seventh grade language arts teacher Ms. Edwards would ask the class. Most of the students would raise their hands. Some with glee as they read the whole series, others having only read one, maybe two books simply raised their hands. There I was, not raising my hand and feeling embarrassed, feeling like I didn 't belong like I was an outsider for not reading a book. Class would go on as usual but I was stuck on that one question, pondering…

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…

When I was little I preferred playing Harry Potter over playing hide and seek. Usually I played Ginny and I would be kidnapped by “Bellatrix”. Then I got rescued and we’d start the game over. To me the world 's made up in books were so much more interesting than the real world. They were better, brighter, and full of magic. My love of reading from a young age was the foundation to so many other branches of my personality as well. I read so much that understanding words and writing them was…

A Time Out is all you Need Imagine that you are sitting in a jail cell with nothing but some books and dictionaries. You decide to pick them up, read them and copy them down because what else are you supposed to do in a boring, old jail cell. Do you believe this would change you? Do you think it would spark interests that you didn’t know that you possess? In “Literacy Behind Bars”, by Malcolm X the author tells us about his experience of being in jail and how it manifestly changed his…

How often do we recognise ourselves in a book that we are reading? How often do we realise that we actually face the same challenges as its protagonist? This realisation happens quite frequently, especially when we stray far afield in our reading. One famous writer once said: "Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self" (Kafka). His name was Franz Kafka, and he was struggling with social anxiety, which resulted in him being an unhappy man who believed in…

Women in Literature class granted the students an open door towards a new world of literature, teaching students the importance behind each reading, specially the importance and identification of objective correlatives which can be found in every piece discussed throughout the class. “Objective correlative” is the way to express emotions through the usage of objects or events that share the burden of sentiments. Placing an object instead of an feeling or idea can sometimes be the right way to…