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My Reading History*
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Introduction to Reading
I started reading around the age of 3. My mom started me off with simple flashcards and words. I vaguely remember learning to read around this age, but I am aware that this was something we did every day until I moved onto my first book. -
Kindergarten
I started Kindergarten at age 4. I went to a private school so I had to take an entrance exam that gauged my educational core. It was here that developed my literacy. -
Second Grade
Around this age, I started to learn English and began reading small chapter books. This would open the door to becoming a bookworm. -
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G.A.T.E. Program
I get labeled as a child with an advanced reading level and am encouraged to nurture it. My natural competitiveness to be the best reader out of my peers encourages me to stick to my bookworm phase. -
Bookworm Beginnings
I start to delve into bigger books and find a love for reading. This is where my true 'bookworm' phase starts and I begin reading multiple books with a 200-600 page word count per day. Books become my comfort rather than other children. -
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YA Fiction Phase
YA fiction sucks me into a new world of reading and this is where I was constantly seen with a book or making trips to the library. My vocabulary grows in leaps and bounds, alongside my written understanding of grammar rules, all by just reading. -
Digital Books
I begin to read on my phone. This changes everything as now I can constantly read through the day and through the night as well. Staying up all night to read and devouring up to four books a day becomes a norm for me. -
Fledgling Writer
My love for reading, naturally turns into a want to write what I would love to read. I begin to write small stories. Drafting, writing, revising, editiing--that all goes into my new hobby. -
A New Phase
I begin to find a love for history. This love then spirals into a fascination with formally written historical textbooks, manuscripts, and articles; all of this opens me up to a different world of reading that leans into academia. -
Higher Education
Graduating from highschool and starting college changes what I begin to read. Academic articles or long, factual textbooks take up my time and I delve into a new genre of books that I surprisingly find that I don't mind. It opens me up to more non-fiction and academic-focused books.