After discussing in class today about the final assignment that would be given soon, I began thinking about my personal life as that should be what the assignment is based on if I understood the discussion correctly. For this entry, I will attempt to give a decent summary of the events leading to my current status as a college freshman. To start, I was an average student who did the best I could do during the years I spent in elementary school and middle school. Like most students, I got into trouble due to some mistakes that I made but they were somewhat resolve over time. Then my seemingly “average” life changed a bit when I entered high school. This “change” was the realization that I started to do better than most students in terms of academics. By the time I reached my senior year in high school, I was already a guarantee candidate for valedictorian which was the position I ended up having when I finished my last year in high school. As “amazing” as being the valedictorian sounded like, the only real reason I had this position was due to all the free time I had to study since I wasn’t that sociable with people. Practically everyone else in my senior grade during high school was busy with social events like parties or clubs while I was just by myself with only the school materials to keep me company. I’m not sure if this sounds pathetic or anything but I was fine with how things turn out since I managed to achieved high enough academic grades to enter college. That about sums up my story on how I got to where I am now.
Next topic of discussion is my perspective on life or something, the questions relating to my final assignment are kinda vague. Well to put it simply, I see life in a somewhat darwinian manner as I believe in survival of the fittest when it comes to achieving high ranks in whatever it is that has those ranks. If you want to be better than others at what you do or just to simply become better at it, then you need to put in the effort to improve despite how hard it can be. At least that’s what I think, anyone else is allowed to think differently.
Now the last point of discussion is what I want to know about the role of literacy in the lives of other people. If I had to know anything about it then I would want to know if literacy can actually improve a person's abilities when it comes to academics. It’s not like I am saying that literacy is important to be successful but it sure does help to know it for reading or writing. My point is that I want to know the exact effect that literacy has on people, whether it can improve a person’s performance drastically or not. In my own personal experience, learning to more about literacy has allowed me to improve my writing and reading abilities but that’s just me. What I really want to know is if literacy can improve anyone’s performance, no matter how big or small that boost can be.
That’s all I got, thanks for reading whatever I just wrote.
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