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Even before birth, mother exposed the unborn to music (ex. classical) by placing headphones over the belly.
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Time after birth before being able to read, write, and coherently communicate. This is before beginning formal education and majority if not all elements of exposure was introduced by family.
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As evident from photos of my first birthday party
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Being read to at a young age by parents
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These are the learning aids used and introduced to the students in Pre-school
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Ages 4-7: The time when formal education in Pre-school occurred and reading, writing, and interacting in such a setting began.
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Parents had children watching educational children's movies and shows of their choice once it seemed understandable enough to the child
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When able to read and write on books without aid of an elder
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Father began documenting family trips and occasions this way
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Father began documenting family trips and occasions this way
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Was curious and old enough to notice Billboards while driving
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The first half of Grade School, otherwise known as Lower Middle School, consisting of Prep to Grade 4. Here is where influence outside of school and family, basically the addition of peer influence and a heavier influence from sibling and cousins, began.
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Being taught what a newspaper is and its uses in general, unsure if it was first introduced at school or at home, but was presented by both
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Taught how to use a landline phone, primarily for emergency purposes
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Shared a GameBoy with brother, used as a toy to pass the time. This soon progressed to inheriting the same Gameboy and PSP
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Unsure how it first began, but remembers playing on cites such as Y8.com and Club Penguin with friends at this age
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Was allowed/ given first phone by parents. Primarily this was for emergency reasons.
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One day older brother introduced Facebook to the family and we all made accounts. First own email was created for this reason
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Began to do Photography myself here
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The second half of Grade School, Grades 6 - 8 (skipped Gr.5 due to K-12). The following years were less about discovering the different types of media and more about exploring the information found in known media.
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Mother owned a Radio around this time and preferred to listen to music and news here
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Unsure when exactly in this timeframe, but up until this point entire family would share a sing desktop computer at home. This is when its efficiency and portability was becoming more of a necessity, besides growing in popularity.
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The Beginning of High School, Grade 9 to current year.