Personal Narrative: My Love Of Reading

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“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” –Dr. Seuss. Learning to read was an important part of my life. I cannot specifically remember when or how I started reading because I feel that I grew up exposed to learning, reading and books. Learning to read as a child was an enjoyable experience for me, and now as I grow up I truly appreciate what great an impact it had on my life. I feel that I can accredit my love of reading to my mom, who always read to me, took me to the library, and now shares books with me. Also, I believe my schools taught me the importance in reading for pleasure, and I am forever grateful for those opportunities. My experiences reading as a child whether it was at …show more content…

Love of books is the best of all.” – Jacqueline Kennedy. Growing up, I was always around books. My mom has read to me ever since I was a baby. My fondest memories of reading are of my mom taking me to the library every week starting from when I was about three years old. I remember very carefully selecting my limit of fifteen story books and taking them home. My mom would read them aloud to me and then the next week I would choose more books; a special tradition that we share together. My love of reading and my relationship with books can be tied to my mom and the library. Even now, both her and I go to the library and help each other select books. I love going to the library because it seems like there is an unlimited choice of books. I appreciate learning how to read early as a child, because ever since, I’ve been able to experience hundreds of different stories in my library books. Nowadays even though technology has revolutionized reading, I still enjoy old fashioned libraries and paper …show more content…

After learning how to read, I couldn’t stop. The gift of reading helped me accomplish many things, especially in school. Ambeth R. Ocampo said, “School has made us ‘literate’ but did not teach us to read for pleasure.” However, I disagree with his statement because both my grade school, Saint Jerome, and high school, Archbishop Ryan, has instilled me with a love of reading. At Saint Jerome, I went to the library with my class once a week. My librarian, Mrs. Abbott, made reading enjoyable. I remember she would let us sit on the carpet and choose a stuffed animal to hold while she read a story to all of us. Also, in Saint Jerome from fourth to eighth grade I participated in Philadelphia’s Reading Olympics. I enjoyed reading books and reviewing and questioning my friends to prepare for the competition. Now that I am in high school, I believe there is still an atmosphere of reading at my school. Every Tuesday, as a school, we participate in the DEAR program (Drop Everything And Read) which gives students and teachers the opportunity to read a book of their liking. Although many students mistreat this opportunity, I feel that the school is making a difference in the students who enjoy reading for fun. From my own personal experiences, my schools directed students in reading for pleasure; however it is up to the student to actually read for that reason. “There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there

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