My Journey Of Literacy Essay

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My Journey of Literacy Literacy: noun/ lit·er·a·cy the ability to read and write. -Merriam Webster Dictionary, 1828. My ongoing journey of literacy began in 1993. I was four years old. The memories I have of my first few years of school is very blurred, as they happened over twenty years ago. However, these early years of my life is where I believe my literacy journey began to take form. I remember attending kindergarten round-up, the yearly process wasn’t as routine for me as it is for most five and six-year-olds. Being that I was four years old I had to go through a series interviews and tests to make sure I met all the special requirements. One test I remember very clearly was a test that consisted of receiving simple direction such as retrieving a pencil that was placed on the floor by the instructor. I remember being told by the instructor: I’m going to take this pencil across the room. I’m going to place it on the floor and when I tell you too, I want you to go get the pencil and bring it back to me and then have a seat back in your chair. Before the instructor gets up to place the pencil across the room she tells me a short silly story completely irrelevant to the task of fetching the pencil. I believe this was in …show more content…

A world full of opportunity and a world filled with choices. Choices like what I wore, who my friends were, and if I wanted to participate extracurricular activities. Or if I wanted to participate in social media sites such as Xanga and Myspace. I feel that in high school I begin my journey of cultural literacy because I was surrounded by people from all parts of the city, people from all different cultures, not just the neighborhood kids from my elementary and middle school. I was introduced to so many different I was beginning to establish myself as a person and finding where I fit in the

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