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First memories of being read to
My grandmother read Winnie the Poo books to me every night -
My first book fair
First time being able to buy whatever books I wanted to read. -
Reading aloud
It was hard for me to read aloud in school because I read so quickly. It was an embarrassing time for me. -
Started to write poems and short stories
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My mother shared some of her writings with me
This encouraged me to write stories of my own -
Being ashamed to like to read books
In my school it was not cool to read. So this was the point that I started to read less. -
My mother brought me a bookcase full of books
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Started to read books agian
In high school it wasn’t a weird thing to read books so I stared to read too. I also found a lot of people who liked to read the same things that I did. -
Assigned reading
I didn’t enjoy assigned reading it made me not want to read at all. I didn’t like most of the books we read and I found myself reading less. -
Creative Writing Class
I took a creative writing class that helped me to be more confident in my stories.