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My LIteracy Timeline
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I can remember not being able to read.
I have a memory of being in church and not being able to read the words in the hymnal, so I would just sort of hum along. I can't remember exactly when I cracked the code. -
First Grade
First Grade: I remember being taught to read (C - A - T), but I think I already knew how. -
Helped write our 5th grade class play.
It was around this time that I was taken with the vague yet appealing notion to be a writer when I grew up. -
Sixth Grade
New town and new school. I remembering reading at last one book a day. -
High School Graduation
Graduated from Poultney High School. Gave a speech, which has been since lost. My ambition at this point was to be tri-lingual: to be able to speak 3 languages (English, French, and ?). -
College Graduation
College Graduaion. Wrote my senior thesis on Jane Austen. -
Entered Graduate School
Entered a doctoral program at Boston University. Was woefully unprepared for the discussions and expectations, particularly regarding literary theory, which was entirely new to me. -
Began teacher certification
Began at UMass/Amherst in secondary teacher certification program. Was introduced to the concept of writing process! Whoa. Began to reflect on and understand my own development as a writer. -
Began teaching at Landmark
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First son is born
Clark is born. He would prove to be an early reader.