More About Me

Do I read and write even when no one tells me to? That is a question I had to really think about. I would have to say I am half and half on that particular area. I like to read books that capture my interest from the cover to the first few pages that I read; however; that does not mean I just really like to read books or rather that opinion of mine applies to every book that I see in the store or library. A majority of the books that I have read have been mainly because it was necessary for school. Even though I don’t like to read the books, I find that sometimes the stories be a little more interesting than I actually thought. The last book that I actually read that no one told me to was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire back in the seventh grade, but even then I did not really want to read it. The only reason I actually started to read the books was because I got some good feedback from my sister on how good the Harry Potter books were. When it comes to writing, I would have to say that I am half and half in this area also. Writing has not really been an appealing nature to me, which is why the major I am going into does not have a lot of writing, but rather math; however, I do feel the need to write when I am reading something and I feel that I should jot down my ideas of what a word or a phrase means. The book that I have recently started to focus on writing down my ideas is the Bible because it has some really inspirational passages and it talks about problems that we deal with in our everyday life and how we should handle them. The books that I mainly like to read are religious, fiction, and sometimes non fiction books. I really started to read religious books this year (mainly being the bible) because I found that a majority of the things that I have read in the book, I can associate it with my life and what is going on which furthers my interest in knowing what it is all about. Fiction books were what actually got me started to read. The first fiction book that I ever read was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The reason why I like to read fiction books is because they incorporate action with non-realistic creatures or people which add a little bit more excitement to the story. Now, as for non-fiction books, the storyline has to be really interesting in order for me to read it. I really started to read non-fiction books when I was in high school. Even though I was required to read them, I found that I really enjoyed them because some of the problems that the main characters were facing were that not only teenagers, but also most adults deal with today. One of my favorite non-fiction books that I read was black like me. The book was about a white man who conducted a social experiment where he switched his skin from a white to black pigment color back and forth for about a month or two and tried to see the differences in treatment of an African American compared to a white person. At the end of the experiment, he concluded that African Americans were given worse service than whites and it gave him a different view on the lives of what people of another race go through after his two months of racial abuse. On the other hand, at times I really do not like to read books. One of the reasons that I don’t sometimes like to read books is because sometimes when I read books, the author puts in too much detail and goes off of the main point of the story. A good example of this would be this book my class read in the 10th grade (I can’t remember the name) but the book was so boring that even my teacher nearly fell asleep. To tell the truth, I really can’t say what made me more or less of a reader, but I will say that the Harry Potter books had a little bit of influence because I really started to read books after I read those back in 7th grade. The only pleasant memory I have of someone reading to me was when I was little and my mama read me the Dr. Seuss children books. On the other hand, I really can’t say that I have had pleasant moments writing, because I have yet to write about something that just excites me or just to motivate me to write more. Am I an active reader? That is a question that I also have to say I am two sided on. I have never really been an active reader in the past because I just liked to read the books and finish them without even thinking about writing down my own thoughts; however, there is only one book that I read and have just started to take notes this semester which is The Bible. The Bible has been the only book that I can say that I am an active reader towards. Whenever I read the bible, I underline or mark a passage that I don’t understand and I meet with a friend of mine in my Bible Study and he helps me to break it down to better understand. I think it does help me to own the text because I gain a little bit more understanding of what the Bible means. In the end, I can say that when it comes to reading and writing, I am probably more enthusiastic when it comes to reading, but I would say that I am mediocre when it comes to writing because it is not really my strong points.