throughout life. Identifying the source of your literacy is easier said than done‚ but the simplest way is to identify your "sponsors". Sponsors is a term coined by Deborah Brandt‚ in "sponsors of literacy"‚ to mean people or situations in your life that affected and developed your literacy‚ “Sponsors seemed a fitting term for the figures who turned up most typically in people’s memories of literacy learning” (Brandt‚ 1998). Personally‚ most of my "sponsors" were situations that happened at school. Throughout
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21 September 2009 The day my life changed In a life filled with stumbling blocks my father has always been my anchor. Then one day my anchor was taken from me and I was set adrift. The last time I got to see my dad was Christmas Eve of 1998. We had made plans to get together early because that was going to be the first Christmas we didn’t spend together. We gathered together at my grandmothers home for our Christmas dinner and the smell of the
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in high school‚ my life revolves around the sport that I love. Digging my cleats into the soft dirt infield and smelling the freshly cut grass is truly my favorite thing. The triumphant feeling that I get when my team does something good such as: hitting a homerun‚ striking out a batter‚ or winning a big game. February to April may be a bit cold and dreary to other people but I deem these three months my favorite time of the year. My life revolves around softball season and it has shaped my personality
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For my entire life‚ my life has revolved around school and sports. My parents have raised me my whole life to care about school first and everything else behind that. I have tried my whole life to get ahead in school and be a top notch student. Sports are easily the second most important thing in my life. I participate in three sports: football‚ wrestling‚ and baseball. I am busy with sports nearly all year‚ and still continue to take hard‚ higher level classes. Football has impacted my life more
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In high school I have taken a lot of classes. Some I had to take as a graduate requirement such as English‚ math and social studies. Others I didn’t have to take‚ but did because I either wanted to work out or learn more on some subject I liked. These classes would fall along the lines of art‚ power lifting and ceramics. That’s just what I thought this class was going to end up being. Just a class I took for the fun of it because the subject looked cool to me. I had no idea that it would forever
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Growing up all of my friends played football for school‚ and I was one of the only ones that never played. During 5th grade I tried it and found no enjoyment so I . I have gone since I was a kid and listened to how football is so important to them‚ how it’s their favorite activity in the world‚ and how I should go out for it. When they would say this I never truly understood why and so ignored it. My senior year I figured I would take a risk as go out for it. I didn’t know if it would pay off or
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Three Ways Music Affects My Life Music has always been a huge factor in my life. Not only does it serve as one of my greatest influences in the world‚ but it also defines who I am as a human being. It has helped mold me into the kind of person that I am today‚ as well as the kind of person that I strive to become in the future. Three ways music affects my life are it gives me the strength to achieve my goals‚ it enables me to express myself through the emotions that I am feeling‚ and it calms me
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The Day That Changed My Life It was eighth grade year and we were on a band trip to Buckhannan‚ West Virginia where we would be the Honorary Band in the Strawberry Festival Parade. That day is the day that I will never forget. We were getting ready to march in the parade; getting all the instruments and equipment ready and putting final touches on everyone’s uniform‚ when all of a sudden I hear‚ “Tasha!” several times. I turn around and see my little sister Korie along with
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Brandon. I worked on projects led by fellow scouts in my troop and picked up trash in the local park in Rosendale more times than I can count. I’ve learned many skills in scouting besides the stereotypical knots and campfires that usually come to mind. I learned leadership skills‚ public speaking skills. Heck‚ I learned how to organize people to achieve a common goal when I had to lead my service project in the community. Scouts strengthened my religion‚ reinforced
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unique and life charging experience. I was lucky enough to meet such a man. Freshman year in high school is an exciting‚ yet challenging experience. It was something new and different that I enjoyed‚ while at the same time it pushed me to new levels I did not know I could reach‚ both mentally and physically. The academic work load came at a slow steady pace that steadily increased over time‚ but the athletic demand was set unreachably high on day one. The first person I noticed was my strength and
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