Timeline

Timeline

·      Starting in pre school I was always more into counting things than writing.

·      From first to fifth grade I excelled in all subjects in school, but writing was never at the top of my favorites list.

·      In sixth and seventh grade my English teachers didn’t do their jobs too well which somewhat pushed me further away from writing and reading.

·      For high school I was sent to a private catholic school; something I was not used to at all.

·      The teachers at my high school showed me a whole different aspect on life, reading, and writing. I can remember at least one significant book from each grade in high school.

·      The first book I can recall actually reading was Lord of the Flies. It was such a fascinating story for me at that point of age because there were a bunch of kids stranded on an island with no idea for survival, so when they were faced with tough decisions I was shocked at the choices they made.

·      The second book that really spoke to me was Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun. It was an amazing non-fiction story on a child growing up in the ghetto and how brutal and merciless it is out there. It was the first story that actually grabbed my attention as a reader.

·      Junior year we read The Catcher in the Rye, The Assassination Bureau, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The one that appealed to me most was One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The movie was so absolutely bizarre and really pulled me in as a reader. The coolest part was watching the movie after and seeing the story unfold as a reader and also as a movie audience.

·      Senior year was a life-changing year for my writing skills and levels. My teacher, Mr. Don Ambrose, taught me things about reading, writing, and grammar that I never knew. Reading The Kite Runner really changed my opinion of perspectives on war and peoples lives. It was a story of two children living in Kabul, Pakistan facing problems with the Taliban, Shia/Sunni discrimination, and family issues. My reading and writing turned out to be exceptionally better than before.

·      I am now a freshman in college and currently enrolled in this class. I can already tell my writing and reading will excel in this course.