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!ordan 8uss
Mr 8orrero
Lngllsh 1101
AugusL 23 2011
My Lxperlences ln Lngllsh
ln Lhe pasL Lngllsh courses l have Laken has been a very lmporLanL parL of every school year
WlLhln every slngle class l Look durlng my hlgh school career Lhere almosL lndeflnlLely was always some
sorL of wrlLlng requlremenL or an asslgnmenL was glven LhaL Look a good deal of readlng and research
1aklng Lngllsh and excelllng ln lL really made Lhese asslgnmenLs and requlremenLs easy Pavlng Lhe
knowledge Lo wrlLe essays and correcLly porLray your ldeas onLo a sheeL of paper ls an lmporLanL sklll a
knowledge whlch some abuse Lngllsh ls Lhe slnglemosL lmporLanL sub[ecL ln a learnlng envlronmenL
because of lLs profuse use ln all oLher sub[ecLs as well
l belleve LhaL readlng and wrlLlng are one of Lhe mosL lmporLanL skllls for anyone Lo have 8elng
able Lo read and Lo Lake ln lnformaLlon ls lmporLanL for varlous reasons lf one cannoL read and absorb
lnformaLlon from readlng llLeraLure and books reLalnlng Lo Lhelr lnLeresL Lhelr knowledge on Lhe sub[ecL
or course wlll never lncrease And belng able Lo wrlLe and Lo porLray Lhe ldeas lnslde ls equally
lmporLanL ueslgners and Lnglneers could have Lhe besL ldeas ln Lhe world hldden lnslde of Lhem
however wlLhouL Lhe knowledge and Lhe sklll Lo puL Lhose LhoughLs onLo paper Lhelr ldeas are all buL
worLhless l love Lhe Lngllsh class lLself learnlng more abouL my own language and learnlng Lo beLLer
how l speak ln a conversaLlon or ln a wrlLLen documenL ls Lhrllllng
8eadlng Lo me has always been an lmporLanL parL of my llfe slnce l was a chlld readlng game
manuals and sLraLegy books from Lhe laLesL okemon games Lo readlng chlldhood serles l couldn'L geL
enough of lL As a kld l was overly obsessed wlLh anyLhlng LhaL l dld So when l plcked up a serles of
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books l llLerally could noL puL Lhe books down unLll all of Lhe serles was read only Lhen was l conLenL
wlLh myself Lo do oLher Lhlngs
l feel as lf Lhe moLlvaLlon ln my earller years Lo begln readlng and Lo be lnLeresLed ln readlng
was [ealousy of my broLher belng able Lo read Pe ls Lwelve years older Lhan l am and he had always
been able Lo read anyLhlng Cf course now looklng back and l Lhlnk Lo myself obvlously he could read
and wrlLe" buL aL Lhe Llme l sLlll wanLed Lo be beLLer Lhan hlm and be able Lo lmpress my parenLs aL
Lhlngs LhaL l had learned l sLlll Lo Lhls day aLLempL Lo ouLdo my broLher and work Lo beLLer myself
because of hls accompllshmenLs Pe has glven me a loL of compeLlLlon ln my llfeLlme desplLe Lhe large
age dlfference l Lhlnk LhaL ls whaL flrsL pushed me Lo have a deslre for readlng somewhaL of a
chlldhood [ealousy
A dlsablllLy LhaL wlLhheld my progress as a sLudenL and more sub[ecLlvely Lo Lngllsh and readlng
ln general was my eyeslghL uurlng my 3
rd
grade year my eyeslghL became so bad l could hardly see Lo
read Lhe books l once loved And Lrylng Lo read became more of a chore Lhan an en[oymenL llke lL once
was l was ashamed of my eyeslghL and was Loo embarrassed Lo Lell my parenLs because l was afrald
LhaL lf l goL glasses people aL school would make fun of me and mock me 1hls hlndered my progress ln
Lhe readlng/wrlLlng world 8uL once l flnally worked up Lhe courage Lo see a docLor and wear glasses
LhaL he prescrlbed Lhlngs became easler agaln and l en[oyed readlng once more And as embarrasslng
as lL was Lo wear readlng glasses Lhe pros ouLwelghed Lhe cons because readlng lnfluenced my llfe llke
no oLher
8eadlng and wrlLlng has been such an lmporLanL parL of my llfe 1hrough all of Lhe LexLs and
books l have read over Lhe years l have been glven knowledge LhaL oLherwlse l would have never galned
And l am more Lhankful for Lhe ablllLy Lo read and wrlLe Lhan anyLhlng l belleve everyone should also
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glve readlng Lhe same chance LhaL l dld 8ecause once you do lL opens up an enLlre new world of
opporLunlLy and wlsdom