Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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I have little recollection of learning to read-I think it was probably a smooth and organic process. My parents read to me from the time I was an infant and from an early age I had an interest in various forms of literature (comic books, novels, plays, etc.). I remember reading R.L. Stein's Goosebumps series in grade school and this indoctrinated me into my lifelong love of horror. English was always my strongest subject in school (don't ask about math). I independently became interested in reading the works of certain authors-I read every John Grisham book published by the time I turned 14. I moved on to a variety of different authors (like Vonnegut, Tom Wolfe, Tolkien, Hunter Thompson, I. Asimov, Shakespeare, Stephen King etc.), voraciously consuming everything I could get my hands on. If I find that a particular author interests me, I'll usually try to read their entire body of work.
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OK your title totally cracked me up, and then I realized it also teaches an important lesson. I can understand what it means because, even though it is spelled wrong, I can get the sounds you are approximating to make words I know. So reading is as oral as it is about spelling -- sometimes what you hear is what you get.
It is amazing that we are complete opposites. The only real comparasion I have with reading as a child is my mom made me do summer work at home every morning. I unfortunately did not see her point then but it is great that reading is a part of your life. My goal is to try and start reading because I know it is a very important thing to do when it comes to learning.
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