Personal Narrative: My Experience With Reading

Not many students in high school pick up a book and simply read for enjoyment, Why not though? Most students my age are busy with sports, homework, and their jobs. Not only do we not have time to be entertained by a novel, some choose not to because they think books aren’t amusing to read. This is due to horrific experiences with this subject. In addition, not many students think well of reading. As a below average reading student, without extra help as a new reader at 4 years old, caused me to have horrible reading habits and experiences, permanent hardships and complete avoidance of reading which left me with the lack of reading capabilities that others maintained already. Personally I began reading at 4 years old in pre-school. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout tells Miss Caroline, “Teach me? He hasn’t taught me
Scout had a similar feeling towards reading in school, teachers in Scout’s life and in mine have been similar, “You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage.” (Lee17) Miss Caroline told Scout. Scouts’ teachers held her back, and my teachers pushed me to hard. My experience with reading is; as a third grader with a major speech impediment, it has made reading for me extremely frustrating and difficult. Since I only had a little bit of help with my impediment, it has held me back as a reader. Therefore, there should be extra help for the kids with speech impediments. In seventh grade I thought I was over my impediment, but when my English teacher, Ms. Wayne, asked me to read aloud to the class, unfortunately it returned. Being put under all that pressure in front of everyone not only brought my impediment back but also created a fear of reading aloud in front of anyone. Teachers should never force reading out loud on students. Instead offer extra help for those who are not as good at it. I do work at reading silently but out loud is a night mare for