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Birth
I was born -
Move to Chile
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Started 'jardin' in Chile
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Moved to Canada and started French immersion (grade 1)
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My dad read chapters of books to my siblings and I every night
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We spend a month every year in a small town in Mexico
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I started reading chapter books and cultivating my reading interests
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Book Report
I did a book report that impacted my reading love on My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George -
Harry Potter was life.
Harry Potter was life. -
Studied for a semester in Mulhouse, France
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My French teacher tore up an essay I wrote
Devastated my writing confidence. -
I got this
The realization that thesis statements and most academic writing and reading in high school are like plugging items into a formula makes my English grades soar. -
Graduation from Highschool
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English Rules
I started developing my writing voice -
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French as a minor
I take French as a minor in post-secondary -
Adventure into unstructured writing
Through an English course, I was encouraged for the first time to write academically in an unstructured way. -
Left school
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The dark zone
I wrote and read next to nothing during my sejour from academia -
Children's Books
I start reading to my kids -
Crosswords
I start doing crosswords to pass the time -
News
I start engaging with journalism and podcasts -
REINTRODUCTION TO READING
With the discovery of audiobooks, I reignite my reading passion and start devouring books at a rate of two or three weekly for a while. -
School
I reenter school