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Tyler Bridge
Mrs. Marcum
UWRT 1103
September 22, 2015
Literacy Memoir
The first memory I have of experiencing literacy was when I was about
five years old my mom would read me a book called I'll Love You Forever by
Roger Knapp. The book was about a mother who read a book to her son
every night and when he fell asleep she would say Ill love you forever Ill like
you for always as long as Im living my baby youll be. Then the son grows up
and when his mother is sick he reads her the same book. She must have read
me that book every night for at least two years. I had actually forgotten about
it until I really thought about my first experience with literacy. Even 12 years
later I can still imagine the pictures and hear my mothers voice as she read
me to sleep. My mom always encourages me to do my best and for that I
would say she is one of my main literary sponsors, I think that most people
consider their parents as literary sponsors because they raise you and read
books to you when you are little and they teach you how to speak.
My next specific literary memory is of kindergarten where I remember
learning how to spell words in class and each week we would have a spelling
test. I usually did pretty well because everyone who got above a 90 would get
some sort of prize such as candy or a little toy or pencil etc. I was never
interested in class as much as I was fooling around and talking to my friends;
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remember her telling me that she had higher expectations for me because
she knew I could do it (I was mostly bad at math). I passed her class with an A
even though I got a D in math but a four on the EOG exam; the teacher did
not like me at all. 6th grade was definitely the toughest year of schooling I
have been through because I was so behind going into it.
Looking back on my middle school years I can definitely say that Mrs.
Samuels was and still is a very important literary sponsor in my life. To me she
was just a teacher in middle school but someone I could go to and trust for
advice. Now she is a family friend and resembles an old fashioned, southern,
religious grandmother. I am not sure that I have ever seen her upset and she
loves to help children with whatever they need from reading a paper to
problems at home.
I believe I only read two books for pleasure my entire time in middle
school. The first was Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. I finished the
book and I was so disappointed that I had wasted my time, the movie was so
much better and only took me two hours to watch. The second book was
Holes. I had seen the movie before I read the book so already knew what
would happen, however I loved the book just as much as I loved the movie
and I read the book twice.
I remember my freshman year of high school I was dreading English
class mostly due to the fact that we had to do a summer reading assignment
on Things Fall Apart. I only skimmed the book for the questions and even
used spark notes so I didnt have to read. I have never liked reading
especially during the summer! However, we got to school and I turned in my
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they dont want their people to think they are better than the rest of the people
who live in the Native American culture, or maybe they just see it as a waste
of time. I believe that becoming literate is different for every individual and
where you come from can play a major role
I believe that writing a literary paper is important as a reflection tool and
to help you remember where you came from and who has helped you on your
literary journey and it helped me realize that people really do care about my
education and have put fourth effort to better my education. I have never put
much thought into how I became the student I am today and it is nice to think
about all of the people who have impacted my literary history.
Works Cited
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