My Experience With The Past 18 Years

Over the past 18 years I have learned a lot about myself and I have learned to do many different things. I have learned not only how to walk and talk and stand on my own, but I have learned how to sing. I have learned how to dance. I have learned how to tie my shoes and learned how to drive a car. Some day-to-day things like typing an essay on a computer we take for granted. These are everyday tasks that at one time or another may have been very difficult tasks - like learning how to read. Reading doesn’t just come easily to people, you must be taught it and you must practice it and you must learn the rules of the language you are reading. In order to become a better reader you must also write. You must learn how to form letters to form words. You must form words to form sentences, and sentences to form meaning. You must practice your handwriting so that others can understand your writing and you must learn the rules of grammar so that you can communicate your thoughts and ideas to a large group of people so they will understand what you mean. I does not always come easy, and for some it may be quite difficult. For me, it wasn’t all that easy.

Growing up, I was the youngest in my family. I have an older brother and an older sister. My older sister, Jill, was an incredible writer. Jill was seven years older than me and though I knew that I should not compare myself to her, I did. I wanted to be as good at writing as she was although she had a few more years of experience than me. In 2005 when she was 14 years old and I was seven, she won a writing competition and was published in the newspaper. My entire family and I went to the library one night for the ceremony in which she was going to receive her award and give a reading of he...

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...the dances that are inspired by the combination of it all. Acting and my theatrical experiences have afforded me the opportunity to understand the importance of reading and writing and have improved my comprehension skills while reading. I now feel more comfortable than even sitting down and writing my thoughts down on a page or typing up and essay while trying to keep my voice and style in the paper. I feel that I can place myself into other people’s shoes and see the author’s voice and point of view, while also hearing the mood and personality of the characters themselves. I realized that day that I did not need to be “as good as my sister” to take value from reading and writing. I had spent so much time throughout my life trying to enjoy the things that she did about reading and writing and never realized there were other parts of literature that would intrigue me.