My Influence On My Literacy

Development of literacy is something that takes place in the course of time. As such, there is no single universal formula that can cut across all people and explain how their literacy was cultured. Just like designing a beautiful car, it requires an input of several people and action of several factors, which may or may not be under our direct control. There are those who involved in the formative stages of its formulation, others in the design of the engine, others in designing the body, some are involved in wiring and others are involved in the final assembly of the several parts. The net result has been the fact that there is no clear-cut formula in performing this but requires the input of several people. It then goes that as
My father was one of the people who influenced my literacy from a very tender age. He was a regular reader, and in many times preferred to pay visits to the nearby public library to read and furnish his various skills. This was instrumental in making him the smart, intelligent, as well as the all-around person he tended to be. In this way, he would always call me to accompany him to the library. I recall how he would send me to the children’s fiction section, and encourage me to read in an analytical manner, paying close attention to ensure that I was capable of grasping the information as well as the varied details. In addition to these, he would also encourage me to read science as it was instrumental in imparting comprehensive reading skills especially when it came to analytical work, which he was fond of doing. Personally, I think that this experience, as well as several encounters with my dad in the library, shaped my literacy, and as such, played a huge role in ensuring that I furnished my grammar and analytical skills from my very young age. He would also encourage me to borrow books from the library, and then emphasize that I read them during my free time. This was coupled with the fact that he would at times ask me random questions from the books I had read. It was like he had read them all. This was a great shape to my literacy, analytical as well as comprehension skills in my
Mr. Feynman was instrumental in nurturing my public speaking as well as my writing and expository skills. As my fourth grade teacher, he saw the potential in me and enquired about my background and how I seemed to have such a strong command in languages. I explained that my perspectives were shaped by my father who would invite me to visit the library together. He motivated me to keep my trend up, and in the end, tried to help me so that I may develop even further in comprehension and command of the English language. This was essentially through the various essays I would draft and then take to him for instantaneous marking, and possibly tell me the areas where I was making mistakes. He would always advice that “to be very good in communicating in languages, writing compositions, and crafting essays, just assume that you are explaining what you wish to a young kid who must be given every possible and simplest detail.” He would also add “This would put you in a position to communicate all your ideas without much strain, or losing the attention of your readers and listeners.” I consider this encounter as well as experiences with Mr. Feynman a cutting edge time whereby I was nurtured on how to be a good communicator, but a writer as well. I became conversant with the daily dynamic of life as they go through. Even up to now, he still keeps in touch, and this has made me be in a position to communicate to