Why Is Literacy Important To Me?

Literacy can have many definitions depending on the person who you talk to and what their experiences are. This gives us all an abstract and often incomplete idea of what literacy truly is. I have struggled with the idea of literacy, and what it means for me. I think about the struggles many people go through, attempting to read, form words, and create ideas with meaning, and I am grateful that I have unrestricted access to words and language. Originally, my idea of literacy was simply the ability to read write, and speak fluently. Now, as a senior in high school, I have acquired a different definition. One that has more insight as to what one must go through to be considered literate. I grew up on a ranch outside of a small town, and as a result, I am more comfortable when not around people. However, I had almost unrestricted access to books and would read as often as I could. My mom recalls when I was only two years old I would stand on the couch and recite my ABC’s, and always beg her to read to me. By the time I was three years old, I could read children’s’ books by myself, and by the time I was in kindergarten, I would read third grade books. By the time I was in the third grade, I had read all of the books in the school library and
If a person is not aware of the events going on around the world or simply around the country, they will have a hard time convincing people you are literate, because you do not have experience with conversations about world events and can offer ideas or opinions that are ignorant or incoherent. A pet peeve of mine is actually when someone believes they can enter a conversation without proper perspective and tries to convince the people around them that they know what they are talking about. This causes them to look like an uninformed and rude person, which in turn angers the people who were attempting to have a literate and intelligent