Literacy TimeLine

                Throughout all my life I wasn’t the best reader. I never really liked reading books because they were so long and boring. I probably barely read when I had free time. I only read when I was required too in school. I guess I do not like reading because you just sit there and stare at a book! I always loved to be active during my childhood and teenage years. I am still very active to this day. I do not know why but I always have to make my body move. I do remember some memories from reading.

Probably in kindergarten when I was like 5, I loved to look at pictures in books instead of reading them. One of the reasons probably I couldn’t read a lot back then was because my parents were not fluent in English.

In 1st – 2nd Grade, I loved reading Arthur books. I fell in love with it at first because all the characters were some kind of animal. I also watched the show which encouraged me to read the series. I remember I would sometimes read a kiddie bible with my parents before a slept. I would ask them who was this and who was that in the bible.

In 3rd Grade, I remember picking up a book called Captain Underpants. The reason I loved it was the main character was a superhero in his underwear. I would get so many laughs out of it. It was sort of a comic kind of book. I also read Calvin and Hobbes. I just liked funny books back then and this book had a tiger as a main character.

In 4th-5th Grade, I guess my reading developed better. I started reading harder books. I read A Serious of Unfortunate Events and Harry Potter. I never got to finish both serious because I became too lazy.

In 6th-8th Grade, I sort of stopped reading books but picked onto magazines. My favorite magazine to rent at the school library was Kids Sports Illustrated and Sports Illustrated. I loved reading about sports and athletes. I would tell myself one day I will become a NFL or NBA player. Reading these magazines made me really active. I would be outside 4-5 hours a day. I would be playing baseball, basketball, swimming, soccer, and many more. I would play with my cousins or friends. If they were all busy, I would just practice by myself.

My high school years…

I probably never read during high school unless it was required in class. I was so busy with academics and other stuff I became less active. My favorite book in English Cp was Lord of the Flies. It was an adventurous kind of book with the boys being stuck on the island and being separated into two teams. I like these kinds of book because you do not know what was going to happen next. I realized by Senior Years, I hate to write essays or anything on topics I did not get to pick. I found that to be dumb and boring. I love to write about anything when I get to choose the topic or subject.

Today, I still do not read many books, but I do read a lot of magazines. Either online magazines or magazines itself I just love magazines. This past summer, I fell in love with cars. I started reading Motortrend. I started reading working out and body building magazines. I love learning new workouts and pushing my body too its limits. I also read many stuff on proteins and nutrition because I believe staying healthy is the way of life! I also love to read cook books and baking books. I love to eat and I believe eating should be a sport. All of these have shaped into in doing many hobbies in life.