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1st grade-i hate reading
I hated reading in grade school. This started early in first grade. I was a little behind and i was younger for my class so i struggled more then my peers and i was to self aware to enjoy reading. Since i was behind reading was being shoved down my throat from my dad, and the teacher at school, speech therapist even. One thing about me now and then is i hate being nag to do something. I was real defiant for the next few years about reading. -
2nd grade-Magic tree house
I was read the magic tree house books in the 2nd grade everyday after lunch. i really enjoyed this series and i would always try to read ahead but i ultimately i really liked being read to because i would get frustrated if i didn't know a word and couldn't ask anyone. -
3rd grade- charlottes web
3rd grade was a really significant year for me because I really struggled 1st and 2nd grade and 3rd grade was kind of where I pivoted developmentally . Charlottes web was the first chapter book i really read by my self and truly enjoyed reading. No one was nagging me to read it. I think this is when i secretly enjoyed reading but wouldn't let a soul know that. -
5th grade- Wonder
I really enjoyed this book and we read it in class. All my friends also really liked this book and when the squal came out that same year we all bought it and this was the start of a mini-short lived book club but it made me finally realize that no one is judging me for enjoying reading. A small childish thing that i had to outgrow. -
6th grade- Percy Jackson, Outsiders, Edgar Allen Poe and more
sixth grade i finally went out and read books all the time and i went out of my way to save up and buy my own books. But i loved all the books we were reading in class at this time as well and this year was i really started to enjoy all aspects of English class. I think this was the start of me wanting to also teach middle school English -
7th grade -everyday,someday,anotherday
My friends and I ate this book up. We loved it we were so excited for the movie that eventually followed. This was one of the first series of books i really was able to stick with and complete on my own time outside of school. This book also helped me figure out that i definitely can crave time to have personal reading time not always having to be academic -
9th grade- rerfugee
9th grade was weird because the year was cut short due to covid. I didn't get to Shakespeare like Remo and julet that is typical around that time. I didn't get back to Shakespeare till college and more so last semester for me in college and it can still say i hate it and its a struggle for me. But we did read refugee in this class and I feel like this book really opened up non-fiction to me. I could still enjoy reading even if it was based off history. -
10th- animal farm
This was the school year we were fully online. I think that this was kind of where I lost the patients to read in my spare time. Witch was weird because I probably had the most amount of time enjoy a hobby like reading due to the restrictions of covid. Animal farm is what I remember reading for English but I wouldn't say I even fully read the book I did the bare minimum to do whatever the assignment was asking for. -
11th grade- ACT prep
I hated the ACT. Ive always hated testing. As soon as the test starts i always go blank. The whole time i was taking my ACT a kid couldn't stop blowing his nose and i hate the noise of that already let alone it being the only thing i heard for hours. This test also pushed me further from reading in a hobby sense versus academically. This test had me in a chokehold my whole jr year to the point i just felt guilty if i wasn't studying for the test. everything else felt like a waste of time. -
college- Persepolis
I got the chance to do a summer program here at NSU. That gave me the chance to do Eng. 100 over the summer in 8 weeks. This was the first time i think a English class provoked me to think about the types of authors i was reading. I was pushed to look for authors of color. This class also pushed me to think deeper about my reading then i have ever before. This English class over the summer really re-sparked that interest in reading again