My Journey To Becoming A Literate Person

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My journey to becoming literate
The journey to becoming a literate person wasn’t easy. Literate has a different meaning to my life than most people. To me, being literate means you can read, write, and speak. In my life, I had to learn two different languages instead of one like most kids. Bullying was also a huge part of my life because I wasn’t literate like everyone else. It created a fear of going out in public, but I worked on my literacy until I was comfortable about going out.
I was born in China and I lived here for 7 years. When I went to school in China, I had straight A’s in every subject. And my best subject was writing/ handwriting. Handwriting Chinese characters are very difficult, so to receive an A in the class was very honorable. …show more content…

And I didn’t want to let them down so every day I would practice my prayer so I can say it correctly and loudly enough so everybody can understand me. I practiced for about 3 weeks saying the prayer repeatedly. Then it came, the day of the wedding. I was so nervous about speaking in front of so many people but I also was honored with this opportunity and didn’t want to disappoint. So, I got on the stage and said my prayer Immediately when I said “amen” everyone was standing and clapping for me. People were coming up to me and telling me what a wonderful job I did, and I was so relieved to hear these words because this was such a big deal for me. To be able to speak to a lot of people on a very special day and for them to tell me I did good, felt like I overcame being illiterate.
As I look back at the incident of the bully that caused me to cry, I want to thank him. Because I tried so hard to become literate so that would never happen again. And to this day, that was the last time I’ve ever got bullied for my literacy. This was such a hard battle for me to fight and especially because it’s not what people usually makes fun of. Overcoming this obstacle was a very important goal in my life. Becoming precise in literacy is one of the best things that’s ever happened to

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