Personal Narrative: How Reading Changed My Life

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The steam, that lingered from my dad’s early morning shower, caressed my soft, chubby cheeks as I plopped down on my parents bed, determined to read a book for the first time. With a glass of rich chocolate milk in my right hand and a book in my lap, I confidently struggled through the first page. This was the start to my confusing relationship with reading and writing.
As I continued to struggle through books about fish, trucks and giving a moose a muffin, I developed the skills I needed to read. I read everything when I was a kid. If we were in the car, watching TV, or sitting with my dad as he read the newspaper, I would read. Most of the time it consisted of random words that caught my eye, which probably annoyed my parents because they would always have to help me sound out a word. But as I grew older, I became better at reading. I loved to read until I got into middle school. …show more content…
Reading didn’t just involve saying words on a page, it required me to comprehend and understand. Because of this, I rarely passed an AR test and that had a big impact on my grades. I became frustrated with myself and often sat alone in my room and wondered what it would be like to understand books like my friends.
In seventh grade, a teacher realized that I was struggling, so she sent me across the hall for help. In Mrs. Fettig's room, I had to read a passage and then she would ask me questions. Without answering a question correctly, I left her room feeling even more frustrated than

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