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My Life Span
My life from birth until now. -
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Beginning of my family reading with me.
My grandparents and my parents would sit down next to me and read to me as I looked over their shoulders. I studied the words and letters until I was able to read them myself. We would read almost every night. I was always eager to read anything, even at that age. -
I was tested at a very high reading level
In second grade I had my reading tested. They had discovered that I had a high-school level literacy comprehension. -
Received first classic: Frankenstein
My teachers had told my parents to give me more challenging books. My parents had decided it was a good idea for me to pick out my own novel. I picked what is now my all time favorite: Frankenstein. -
Teacher's began to give me books to read
At age eight, I transferred to a charter school (Wright Elementary). They were very accommodating of my reading abilities and would find books that they believed would interest and challenge me. -
Began to get interested in Shakespeare and other playwrights.
In school we read Taming of the Shrew and I fell in love with Shakespearean writing
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti1Oh9imI8I] -
Got involved in Forensics (Speech Team)
My junior year of high school I joined to Forensics team and performed DI (Dramatic Interpretation). -
Taught to interpret poetry
My AP Humanities teacher began the semester by teaching us how to interpret poetry. One of the first poems we decided to interpret is Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOxdZfo0gs] -
Took a linguistics course
For my ESL endorsement I had to take ENG 143 which is a linguistics course. I fell in love with the study and if I wasn't going to be a teacher, I might just be a linguist.
