An Analysis Of Sherman Alexie's The Joy Of Reading And Writing: Superman And Me

Do we all learn to read and write the same exact way? The answer is simply no, learning how to read and write happens differently for every person, some rely on parents or grandparents while others rely on themselves or teachers. After reading Sherman Alexie’s: The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me I saw how just how different people have it growing up in the education system. After reading his story I began to notice just how differently I had it growing up. Alexie, for the most part was self-taught, I myself had to rely on parents and grandparents. Learning something like reading and writing has a lot to do with the situation or environment a person grows up in, if they are expected to succeed they will be pushed to learn the concept. This is where Alexie and I start to travel in different paths. When we look at the process Sherman Alexie used to read and write, we see that
This put immense amounts of pressure on me at times, sometimes I wished it would have been slightly like Alexie were not much was expected of him. All that pressure made it really tough at times, especially on the ACT and other big tests. My motivation came from the fact that I’ve always been driven and once I decided on college as a young kid, I knew it was going to be difficult but nothing was going to stop me from getting to college and getting my degree. I really relate to Alexie when he said he had an arrogance to him, I knew what I was capable of and I refused to fall short of my goal. All of that said, it is clear that people learn to read and write in different ways. One person’s way could seem ridiculous for someone else, but it’s how they learned. There is no way that I could have taught myself to read the way Alexie did, however I don’t think he would have been as motivated if his expectations were as high as mine were. It just depends on the situation at hand and how people respond to