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Youngest Years
First encounters with literacy were really just because of my big family speaking to me/around me constantly. -
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Preschool
The carpet in our room had the alphabet around the edges, and during any carpet time we had, we were told to sit on the letter that starts our name. I remember being the only person on the letter E and I felt oh so special. -
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Preschool
I remember learning to write my name, I could not seem to be able to write the E correctly, and my teacher kept telling me it was backwards, but I had no idea what she meant by that. -
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Kindergarten
Every Thursday we would go to the library and the librarian would read us all a story that she chose. I distinctly remember "The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" -
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First Grade
We had a poetry project in my first grade class. We had to pick out any poem in our library and read it over for about a week, and then present/perform it for the class. I do not remember what poem I picked, but it was my very favorite for most of elementary school. -
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Middle School
Middle school is when I got into volleyball. I became "literate" in the sport and played all through middle school. -
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High School
High school introduced me to theater. I was in three shows a year in high school and quickly became very literate in the theater department, competing at theater tournaments and everything. Theater taught me many thing besides just acting. Teamwork, leadership, friendship, are just a few. -
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Freshman Year of College
In my Com class my freshman year, we read the memoir "Night" by Elie Wiesel. This quickly became my favorite book and really stuck with me. It is an amazing book and the things he endured were unthinkable. I've reread it many times.