Literacy Narrative

                Throughout my life, I’ve had many people that have helped in my sponsorship in literacy. Since English was not my first language, I had a hard time earlier on in elementary school keeping up with my peers whose families all spoke perfect English.  A literacy sponsor would be the support of my parents, even though they felt helpless at the time (since their English weren’t the best as well), they would always buy countless numbers of books for me. Even if I never asked, my dad would come home with a new book for me to read every day.  I grew up reading many books, and I still have 13 large boxes of them in my basement. Although my parents didn’t speak English very well, I know they tried their best to make sure that I had the best education they could possibly provide. Sending me to private school and hiring tutors. My mom often brings up the fact that she would always put on PBS kids for me, and at night during dinner we would watch wheel of fortune and Friend’s (still one of my favorite shows).  Looking back now, even though my parents aren’t great examples for literacy sponsorship, their support is large reason I’m so fluent in English.

                Another sponsorship would be my teachers throughout my entire life. Every teacher, good or bad, young or old has affected me in some way. I would have to give my Pre-K and Kindergarten teacher the most props. They took a little girl who didn’t speak a word of English to an extremely chitty chatty child. Many of my teachers took time out of their lunch hours, giving me extra homework but most importantly giving me time and confidence to succeed in such a difficult task. Without such dedicated teachers I wouldn’t have been able to complete each grade with failing. My teachers all have inspired me in some type of way to do what I want to do. Each teacher has challenged me in some type of way, showing that I must work for the grades I want.  All my English teachers in high school have showed me the importance of writing and understanding. But also thinking beyond the words and finding the deeper meaning than what’s just on the page.

                Last but not least, a literacy sponsor that has greatly affected my life is music. Back as a kid, I used to idolize Britney Spears ,N’sync , and the Spice Girls. Looking back now, I don’t think I have any idea of what they were singing about. Yet my mom plays back the tapes of me blindly singing along. I will always remember how music has given me a large amount of sponsorship. It’s inspired me in more ways than I can ever describe. To this day music has been the best part of living at times. Music is such an important part of literacy and without it, my way of interpretation on life would not be the same.