I believe my most distinguished source of encouragement to read and write came from my mother and her love for books and learning. ... Caves loved to assign the longest, most boring reading assignments out of our Robert Frost poem books. ... Throughout my life, I've filled journals, sketch books and diaries front to back, blessed with the ability to read and write my own thoughts and ideas out on paper whenever I feel like it. ... In my culture here in America, it's expected of me to be able to read simple books by the first grade and chapter books by the third grade. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5

I read my first chapter book in third grade and never slowed down after that. ... We had a few weeks to write a paragraph summary on the chapters of Hatchet that we had read to us in class. ... Alas, looking back on my educational experiences, not only has school and my parents influenced my thought on literature, but the books themselves. ...

• Word Count: 1631
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I've made the realization that I have always had a love for the communication of information through reading books, manuals, or websites and being able to write or speak about the information I possess in order to share it with others. ... Perhaps instead of dreading reading chapters, writing essays or solving lengthy equations I once thought were meaningless wastes of time, I would have viewed them as checkpoints aimed towards perfecting my own literary practices. ... Seuss books were just the tip of the iceberg. ... I had a good educational foundation now and at this point I was requi...

• Word Count: 1640
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Growing up, I became increasingly frustrated when I couldn't hear or misunderstood what was being said to me. I am a lip reader that follows along with voice. I believe this is how I acquired literacy as growing up with hearing loss. It wasn't until first grade when I struggled with understanding M...

• Word Count: 1647
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Students check out textbooks, study the chapters, take a test and return the book. ... They provide electronic books and textbooks, while also providing a Christian education and support group for the parents (The Jubilee Academy 2001). ...

• Word Count: 2307
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School