College Admissions Essay: My Passion For Reading And Writing

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Early along in adolescence as far as I can recall I’ve had a specific passion for reading, and writing. Growing up my mother always read Dr.Seuss books to me, and I fell in love with the kooky cat in the hat with the vivid imagination. When my mother read to me I would close my eyes and actually imagine being in a world with thing one and thing two. Soon I wasn’t just listening to the stories I was beginning to recognize the words on the page, this was the start of my reading journey. After I gained the awareness of words, and what reading actually was I yearned to read more.

My love for reading continued throughout my elementary education. My second grade teacher Mrs.Weber largely impacted my reading journey. For instance by influencing all of her students to read, and then write a book report on various books all of our own choosing. This always excited me considering I had grown to enjoy reading during my childhood. I would always choose books from the Junie b. Jones series written by Barbara Park. I enjoyed how free spirited yet peculiar the main character Junie was, Junie always reminded me a lot of myself and influenced me to always be true to who I’am. …show more content…

In elementary school around the 5th and 6th grade a friend of mine, and I began to write short stories about completely random topics including: super hero’s , animals who could fly, and villains taking over the world. All of these stories were completely fiction, but it allowed us to use our imagination. We would then sell our creations to teachers, and fellow students for a minimum fee. With the prophets we received we bought supplies such as: colored paper, colored pencils, markers, and stickers to further illustrate our books. This whole process was completely enjoyable for the both of

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