Language Arts: 2,520 Hours 13 years on this Earth. 4,745 days. 678 weeks. 6832800 minutes. Within that time, I have spent 6 hours in school for 180 days every year since I was 5--7,560 hours in school. From the time my homework was coloring the pages of an art book, to today, where my homework is solving 30 pages of linear equations, Language Arts has been relevant. In this learning institution we call school, approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes is spent teaching students like me reading and writing. That is 2,520 hours out of my total 113,880 on the face of our solar system spent on this single subject. Language Arts will always be a key element in my life. This subject that we praise is teaching us speech, reading, and writing. And of course, …show more content…
Although Language Arts may not be my best subject, I really do enjoy writing narratives. Because I am an imaginative and creative individual, creating a plot and characters is something that comes easily to me. With this, usually while writing any type of passage, whether informational or not, I do not need to plan out what I am going to write. When an idea pops into my head, I want to start plotting that idea on a Google doc, not brainstorm and break it down! In my mind, planning out writing pieces is a waste of time. Yep. A waste of time… a waste of my already 2,520 hours learning Language Arts. But, I definitely do not think that the writing aspect itself is a waste of time. As you can see from my past narratives and essays, I take pride in what I write and make sure that everything is just how I pictured it in my mind. While I jot things down, millions of thoughts are going through my head. Although this may seem like a bad thing, this allows me to grab the most interesting of those thoughts and put them into my …show more content…
Actually, it applies to almost everything you do! When presented with the word illiterate, you think of a person with the inability to read. Of course, then this would lead you to believe the word ‘literate’ is the exact opposite. Although this is true, this is not quite what the two words’ definitions are. According to Google, the word ‘literate’ means having or showing education or knowledge, typically in a specified area. To put it simply, being ‘literate’ at something is just being good, knowledgeable, or gifted at a certain task/topic/activity. Personally, I am literate at all types of art. Writing, design, painting, drawing, architecture, and music are all things that I know like the back of my hand. Coincidentally, all of these things strictly correlate with my Language Arts literacy, which helps me grow and prosper in the subject. For example, I play 4 instruments: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Trombone, and Piano. As we all know, to play an instrument, you must quickly read the notes on the music sheets and remember how to play every single one. To learn the notes, I would study the finger charts and names of each one in order to train my mind. Doing such things exercises my mind and trains my brain to absorb information quickly and efficiently. Not only this, but music also helps me with my writing strengths. When writing music,
Writing is a type of art because it requires you to think and be creative in the way you want it to be. I have a diary that I wrote almost everyday. They help me think about my day and sometimes turn my bad day into a good day. I write whatever comes into my head at that moment, and reflect on my day. Writing make me think deeper to what happen and help me turn my negative thought to positive. Writing is a very powerful tool. When I write, I have the power to change the story. I am the author of my own story so I can be as creative as I want.
I have very few recollections of my early years and the exact age I was able to read and write. Some of my earliest memories are vague on the topic of my literacy. However, I do remember small memories, such as, learning how to write my name in cursive, winning prizes for reading, and crying over every assigned high school essay. Over the last twelve years my literacy grew rapidly with the help of teachers, large school libraries, my family, and so on. There is always room for my literacy skills to grow, but my family’s help and positive attitude towards my education, the school systems I have been a part of, and the horrible required essays from high school helped obtain the level, skills, habits, and processes that I use as part of my literacy
Throughout my childhood, the idea of having a college education was greatly stressed. As a result, it was my duty as the next generational child, to excel in my studies and achieve a life of prosperity and success. Learning became the basic foundation of my growth. Therefore, my youth was overtaken by many hours spent reading and writing what was known to be correct "Standard" English. I first found this to be a great shortcoming, but as I grew older, I began to realize the many rewards acquired by having the ability to be literate.
After a while I was now beginning to understand the things that my teacher was teaching and understanding the language that the children in the classroom were speaking. It didn't sound like a whole bunch of "blah blah" anymore. I remember the first story that I wrote in my second grade class. It was about a family of baby cats and it wasn't even that long but to me it took forever to write. I was very...
I am sitting in my bed, thinking about my process of writing as I am trying to go through it. It seems the more I think about it, the less I understand it. When I am writing, I don’t think. Which I know, sounds bad. But, I spend every single moment of every single day over thinking, over analyzing, and over assuming every aspect of my life. When I’m writing, I’m free from that for just a little bit. Until of course, my hands stop typing or the pencil (no pens- never pens) stops moving, then I’m right back on the carousel that is my brain. Heidi Estrem says, “...writers use writing to generate knowledge that they didn’t have before.” (Writing is a Knowledge-Making Activity 18). I believe my ability to write without an exact destination
Being such a pragmatic individual (If I may be so bold to say), I often take definitions at face value. As such literacy for me is simply the act of being coherent in a field be it reading, writing, painting, finance and others. I view Literacy in the context of the English language as absolutely necessary: Humans are social creatures and we thrive on the interactions we have with others on a daily basis. Writing and language as a whole is an essential tool in the toolbox of life. While I would not consider myself a ‘bookworm’ or an avid reader, I do enjoy a good book from time to time. Much of my fondness towards reading is a direct result of the active role my parents took in my English education from youth. Had they not weaned me onto books that were both denser and more elaborate as the years went by, I probably would have a strong aversion to reading literature. Writing literature however is a different affair. My relationship with writing is fragile at best. I enjoy the concept of writing, especially of stories. In fact, one of my most enjoyable pastimes is creating names of books and imagining the plot never to
In the United States, the Anglo community is oppressing people of color because of their language, culture, and believes. For many years the Anglo has mistreated color races because they are different, causing anger and not understanding how it feels to be biracial. Latinos identities are robbed by not being able to speak Spanish in school. Therefore, the community in America needs to come together to fight against oppression and injustice caused by the difference in language and culture to improve equality for a group of people, who have lived marginalized throughout the years.
Growing up in working class family, my mom worked all the time for the living of a big family with five kids, and my dad was in re-education camp because of his association with U.S. government before 1975. My grandma was my primary guardian. “Go to study, go to read your books, read anything you like to read if you want to have a better life,” my grandma kept bouncing that phrase in my childhood. It becomes the sole rule for me to have better future. I become curious and wonder what the inside of reading and write can make my life difference. In my old days, there was no computer, no laptop, no phone…etc, to play or to spend time with, other than books. I had no other choice than read, and read and tended to dig deep in science books, math books, and chemistry books. I tended to interest in how the problem was solved. I even used my saving money to buy my own math books to read more problems and how to solve the problem. I remembered that I ended up reading the same math book as my seventh grade teacher. She used to throw the challenge questions on every quiz to pick out the brighter student. There was few students know how to solve those challenge questions. I was the one who fortunately nailed it every single time. My passion and my logic for reading and writing came to me through that experience, and also through my grandma and my mom who plant the seed in me, who want their kids to have happy and better life than they were. In my own dictionary, literacy is not just the ability to read and write, it is a strong foundation to build up the knowledge to have better life, to become who I am today.
The Importance of Arts Education Jane Alexander, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), once said, “Many children are missing out on something which gives their education context, gives their lives depth and meaning, and prepares them to be the future workforce.” This “something” that she spoke of is music and art education. Unfortunately, she is entirely correct. We are currently seeing a dramatic cut in arts education curriculum in our public schools due to the limited amount of time and funding. In many cases, budget cutbacks mean arts education cutbacks.
Being literate defines who I am, and forms an integral part of my life. From the practical to the creative, it aids, and enables me to perform in the tasks that modern society dictates. I shall explore the many aspects of my life that are affected by literacy. Through this, understanding in greater depth what it means for me, to be literate.
Oral language development is the foundation of learning to read and write. When we first make our big entrance into the world, our oral language starts developing. As we grow up, we hear all kinds of sounds such as words, songs, traffic and much more. Oral language is all about using spoken words to express knowledge, ideas, and feelings. According to an article called “Stay at Home Educators” oral language plays a tremendous role for literacy development. There are four great examples that they discuss in this article that I thought was very informative. Oral language helps develop vocabulary concepts. When students discover the meaning and pronunciation of words, they are understanding different types of speech.
Literacy also helps you to understand the meaning behind something, and be able to either read, or ask to further determine the meaning of something. For example, when I was a little kid, my family and I visited Paris and saw the Mona Lisa. I stared at the art work and didn 't get anything from it besides a woman, until I read some excerpts about it and asked a guide to further my understanding and gather the meaning; without being literate I would have never concluded the meaning behind the Mona Lisa and never understood why it was such a
Even after writing this essay I found that reading and writing improves our lives tremendously. “Anne E. Cunningham wrote a paper called, ‘What Reading Does For The Mind,’ and discovered that being an avid reader actually does make you smarter. Whether or not you’re aware of it, reading fills your head with new information, and you never know when it will come in handy” (Buzzfeed.com). After discovering how important reading and writing is not only for my brain but also for my health, I strive to read much more than I do. Relaxing with a intriguing book and subsequently enhancing my vocabulary is what I aim for. Since I was a little toddler, I have learned a vast amount. One being read to by my parents; without them I would not have the same reading and writing skills I have
As I stated in my previous reflective essay, I hated writing in grade school. I sucked my teeth and groaned every time my teachers assigned an essay for homework. I don’t actually hate writing. I just disliked it because I never excelled in it. I wrote just to get the job done, but never took the time to pay attention to the writing process and the other aspects of writing. As I grew older and got a career, I realized how important writing was in the real world. From friends revising your status updates on Facebook that were plagued in grammatical errors or writing a professional email to your boss, writing skills are crucial to the real world.
Language is nothing but a media which expresses feelings, ideas, experiences and even pains properly to others. Cultural background is the origin of language. Language is one of the channels which promote human relations and human affections. Language always unites the people and sometimes language itself diverse the people. Without the language we cannot imagine the existence of human beings on the earth. Language is a system of words that people used to express thoughts, feelings each other. The word ‘language’ derived from Latin “lingua” which means ‘tongue, speech’. The word sometimes used to refer to codes, ciphers and other kind of communication systems. For example computer programming.