Why Is Literacy Important

Literacy in my opinion is one of the most important and crucial things to learn. Literacy is how we communicate and understand each other. Without it, anything else we learn by observations or something hands on, is only beneficial to a certain extent; you can only apply that so much and get so far. It opens doors to so many other things and sets a basis for you to be able to understand other things more efficiently. You don’t need to need to read a book to know how to hold a spoon, you really don’t even need to be told how, but if you are literate you have a much more understanding mindset. It expands your comprehension and wonder; instead of just knowing that is what you are supposed to do, you understand why which allows you to be able to
One of those things I enjoy the most is vocabulary. If I am watching a show, listening to someone talk, or reading something and I hear a word I don’t know, I look up the definition or ask Siri to give me the definition. I always screenshot it too, I want to be able to go back later and fully understand the word. I want to be able to understand it enough that I can apply it myself in writing and dialogue. I also know that it will for sure better my understanding of reading. I get frustrated whenever I am reading and I do not understand something because of one word. There’s a good chance I will see that word again, so I enjoy knowing what it means. I don’t want to portray myself as smart and proactive about learning, because that’s not how I feel at all. I don’t broadcast this out there, because it’s not something I do to draw attention and I think if you truly enjoy something you won’t feel like you need to. Also, it’s not even that impressive. Most people have their own thing(s) they enjoy learning about and don’t mind going an extra step for whether it’s math, repairing things, or video
I really don’t mind it at all, but there is reading I do not like. I don’t like fiction. I find it pointless and a waste of time at this age because other than maybe pulling a few words out and learning them or getting better at reading, that’s all I am improving on. I want to be able to improve on that, but most importantly, take something away from the reading. Sometimes you can with fiction I know that, but a lot of the time it is a big made up story for the purpose of entertainment and drama. I can be just as entertained as everyone else is by reading something I can learn about, which is actually way more entertaining to me. A year ago in my english class, my teacher had us read Looking for Alaska. If I remember correctly this book is about a boy named Miles that changes schools and he falls in love with a girl named Alaska. The first half of the book is Miles drooling over her then the second half of the book is showing how upset everyone is about her death, especially Miles. I didn’t care at all. I don’t want to learn all about someone’s made up life and made up problems. Everyone in my class was so shocked and upset at the reveal that Alaska died. I wasn’t at all, that fictional book could have taken any turn it wanted, so why is that surprising? I just don’t understand how people get so immersed and the drama over fictional books