Question

A literacy narrative is a story about your experiences with reading and writing. For this journal entry, think back to your earliest experiences with reading and/or writing. You might think back to when your parents or some other adult used to read to you and how you felt about that, or possibly some of your experiences in school learning to read or to write. They may be positive or they may be negative experiences or some combination of both. Share a brief history of your earlier experiences and then connect those experiences to who you are as a reader and a writer today. How did they shape you and why do you think they shaped you that way? Have those experiences affected how you see yourself as a student? If you feel that they have shaped you in a negative way, how might having a growth mindset lead to changing the way you see yourself as a reader and a writer?

Answer 1

In school several teachers used to read and recite on several subjects such as Economics, Geography and several other literature books. Whenever a person read a story, one is transported to that subject matter. Such as when a story was read on how economic profits increased because of colonisation, one could instantly imagine heaps of dollars and a big person controlling everything in the economy.

Because of that experience my interest in literature grew as one is completely transported to another area/region or the emotion which is so easy to imagine because of the experiences in the childhood. Because of that experience, the ability to read books and articles has increased and there is joy in writing anything new. I learned a great deal through those experiences which is why the reading shaped me into a person who can step into someone else's shoe easily.

Yes, by seeing that I am the future generation, the stories have reflected upon me how the times have changed and the people. Reading helps one grow and experience different viewpionts without arguments. It helps one analyse and bring in a change by creating a mindset of assessment and evaluation wherein one learns and that is why one has to be a student all his life.