Essay about literacy narrative

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When ask about what is literacy, the idea of it conjures up different images for different people. For some it may be the ability to read a very specific form of writing such as furniture assembly instructions or maps or the works of Nobel Prize winning author. For others it may be the ability to write in a specific manner, like composing a resume or administering medical forms or summarizing a series of article in scholarly journals. Throughout my life, my Senior high school English course and instructor had major impact on me of the understanding of literacy. In my opinion, literacy is not only the ability to read and write, but also an individual’s capacity to put those skills to work in shaping the course of his or her own life.
Learning to read and write had been a struggle for me. This was particularly the case because I did not grow up in a community or family where there was a lot of reading and literacy engagement. All I could learn about literacy was from the stories my parents told me. I was a really bad on writing until I joined the English course in my Senior high school. This course augmented my writing capacity and reading comprehension abilities. My English Literature and Composition teacher, Mrs. Eaves, had a tremendous influence on me not only as a writer, but also as a student. This individual taught me not to write for the sake of a response, but as an expression of my self. Initially, when I walked into her class, I wrote what I believed my audience wanted to hear, and generally answered essay