09/27/10 Ms. Adams AP English language How I Learned to Read For me learning to read was an extensive and boring experience; I took reading for granted and never suspected of the great knowledge that was hidden in every book‚ I thought was useless; the revelation came afterwards. It all started at home. I was about to be five years old and my mom was teaching me how to write my name. In my head I understood nothing of what I wrote but as far as I know that was my name‚ which would follow me
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Although I don’t remember exactly how I learned to read‚ I guess it sort of came to me as a little child when my parents used to read me prayers and stories from the Bible. In middle school‚ reading was essential in getting a good grade for English with the "Accelerated Reader" system being implemented at our school. Basically‚ it was a online program where you would be able to take tests on books once you have read them‚ and each book had a certain amount of points based on its difficulty and length
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Through the years I’ve been in school there have been many lessons I have learned. These can be described in three standard phrases‚ mind over matter‚ anything is possible‚ and treat people the way you want to be treated. All of these things came into play when I was in elementary school and high school. Coming into college I have been able to apply these rules to my advancements in school. All these lessons comes in to play when you’re in college because there are a lot of things that mess with
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Paper How I had to learn to swim. Learning something new for me can usually be somewhat of an experience that’s frightening for me at various times in my life. One of the most difficult things that I had to do was learn how to swim because I was pushed into a pool when I was around 12 or 13 years old and it scared the daylights out of me. I was afraid of deep waters‚ but after being pushed into the pool as horseplay from my friends‚ I came to the conclusion that I had to
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The majority of people believe life is complicated‚ but realistically‚ they just need a more simplistic mindset. In Robert Fulghum’s All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten‚ Fulghum takes our “complicated” lives and breaks them down to terms as basic as Kindergarten. As the title suggests‚ he explains that one of the simplest years of our lives teaches us the most important concepts. His instructions include cleaning up after your own mess‚ living a balanced life‚ and sticking together.
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improved to the point that I wanted it to be before basketball. I have somewhat followed my goal of trying to run at the track‚ but I have been unable to run or workout 4-6 times a week. From where I was at on September 30th I have improved and compared to this time last year I am in much better shape than I was at the start of basketball season last year. One reason why I may have not reach this goal was setting the bar slightly too high. Instead aiming for quantity I should’ve leaned more towards
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goal was to work with a topic that I would enjoy. The opportunity to work on a Hogwarts house sorting survey geared towards your CU Summer Scholars Harry Potter class provided me with that enjoyable topic. As I started to work with the other members of MacAlystre’s Magisters to develop our deliverable‚ I realized that my teamwork skills were also being honed. This is most apparent because I had both positive and negative experiences with each of my teammates. I think that having a better knowledge
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student success class I have learned four very important skills that will help me not only in my years of college‚ but also throughout the rest of my life. One of the most important things I learned was time management. Another important skill that I learned was better reading skills. Right next to organization skills and more importantly for me is critical thinking. All of these skills have taught me to study better and in turn get better grades. These are important for a college student to know‚ and
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When I was in high school we had a teacher that was a very creative in the ways he taught us. He was always coming up with ideas to prove points to our class. I remember one day that was like any other and I suppose that there had been several people who had not been turning in assignments for a few weeks and he had been mentioning to the class for days that we need to be turning in our homework. He always stressed good grades and said that the doing homework would help us on an exam. He decided
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What I hope to gain from College Cardenas 1 College is and has always been one of my biggest accomplishments growing up. My mother was the kind who often spoke about college on a constant basis and about sacrificing to become someone for the near future. Nonetheless‚ it was the main reason we left our home country‚ Cuba. There were many different aspirations that I wanted I to gain by the time I was done with college
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