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Born
Born in Reno, NV -
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Dad read aloud to me everyday
My dad would ALWAYS read aloud to me before bed from as young as I can remember until about 4th grade when I liked reading on my own more. -
Starting to read on my own
I remember I liked to read "Good Night Moon" and "The Very Hungry Catipillar" -
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Science books
I would play school with myself and read all of these children's science and history books my mom had for me. I especially loved one about Pompey. -
Started Kindrgarten
I started elementary school this year. Most of my Elementary school years were spent at Franklin schools -
Discovering science
I started looking at and trying to read my dad's Discover magazines. He would explain the things I couldn't understand. I remember loving a story about bog mummies and learning about astronomy in 2nd grade. -
Ramona books
My great-aunt bought me some of the books in the Ramona searies and I ended up reading them all! -
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Music
I played piano, violin, guitar, and harp (at different times and some more consistently than others) growing up and, though I don't play an instrument well anymore, I can still read music well. -
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Harry Potter
My dad read the first 3 Harry Potter books aloud to me before bed -
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Summer of books
After my parents got divorced, I lived with my grandparents in Tucson for a couple months over the summer. The 4th Harry Potter book came out that summer and it was the first one I read by myself. I read the subsequent books as well. I also remember reading and loving the entire Chronicle of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. -
5th and 6th grade reading contests
My school had awards for students who read so many books. I loved reading and won the top award both years. I even remember reading on the playground instead of playing once. -
Poetry Recitation
I did poetry recitation contests in 2nd, 5th, and 6th grade and placed all three years. -
Non-fiction
During Jr. High, I started trying to read more science and non-fiction books -
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Religious texts
I grew up religious, but it wasn't a big part of my family's life. My freshman year of high school, I decided I wanted it to be a big part of my life and I read the Book of Mormon. I have since read the bible and other religious texts and continue to study them and attend church today. -
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Speech and debate
I did speach and debate throughout high school. I wrote speaches and debates as well as did poetry recitation. I placed at several competitions. -
A Brief History of time
I read Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of time which became one of my favorite books and sparked in me a deep love of quantum theory. -
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summer of books: high school
I read a lot of science books and non-fiction political literature about war and the middle east this summer -
Politics
The year of the 2008 presidential enection, I became very interested in politics (my interest was aided by my father who is a government teacher). I read a lot of political articles and documents and watched all of the debates and a lot of news. I even helped to revive the Young Democrat club at my high school and arranged for a debate with the republican club. We had a surprisingly large turnout. And the democrats won. -
graduation speech
I wrote a speech and auditioned to speak at my high school graduation. I ended up being the keynote speaker. -
Philosophy against my will
My human event classes my freshmen year required me to read a lot of classical philosophy and write a lot about it. I learned that I really don't like philosophy. But it did make me a little more open minded in a lot of ways and changed the way I think about some things. -
The present and future
I continue to read whenever I can, though I mostly only have time for school texts now. My husband loves movies so I have learned to become more literate in cinema as well.