As illiteracy continues to erupt through out America many new individuals become victims of the epidemic. There are those of us like myself though that take or have taken the blessing of literacy for granted. I assumed it was something everyone was given and that everything I understood with ease so did everyone else, and what I struggled with were the same things others struggled with. Once I snapped out of my selfish world and into reality is when I began to notice the unfortunate epidemic.
In this beautiful life of mine I am very involved with people and activities. It recently came to me that my ability to read and write ables me tremendously to be able to do the things I love with ease. I enjoy shopping, playing basketball, reading gossip, and much more. My ability to read and write is somewhat what allows me to be able to participate in these activities. As we read and writes it expands our vocabulary and we become more knowledgeable.
As I previously mentioned reading gossip is a favorite pass time of mine. I actually would not narrow it down to just gossip since I enjoy reading the newspaper as well; especially the day after my team and I win a game. I read magazines to keep up with latest styles, new make-up, and of course what the starts are saying. If I was not able to read about this stuff I do not suppose it would be harmful to me, but it is just the fact that I enjoy it and I could not imagine sitting there starring at all the pictures wishing I knew what the text read. The same goes for the newspaper only one minor difference. When I read the articles about my team and I and see my quotes included in that article, I become filled with pride, joy and confidence. It’s a great feeling to know you were apart of that success story and everyone who bought a newspaper that day was reading about you. If I was not blessed with the skills to read those articles I most likely would never feel those emotions.
As an individual I am very self conscious, if I were to be illiterate it would destroy all confidence within me. I love being confident and able to go anywhere I want when I want. If I was illiterate I could not travel because of road signs or the inability to read a map. It bothers me when I come across one unfamiliar word and I struggle with it, I could not handle every word in a sentence giving me a hard time. My drive for success would be demolished and I would eventually give up. This is what is nerve racking to me because as more people become illiterate the more our society is jeopardized because their drive for success doesn’t match the same drive as a literate person. Illiteracy is a very unfortunate up hill battle. I am so fortunate and grateful to have the ability to read and write.
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That is very good. I agree with your reason of why literacy is good. I mean how are you supposed to read about all the good stuff you do on the court or in my case on the field if you can’t even read it. The people are going to be bragging about you and your team and you won’t know what they are saying exactly if you can’t read. The articles are a great confidence booster as you stated but not just for yourself but for you team as well. When a team is more confident they tend to do much better in the following games. Well I know it was nice for us during the season and even when they would put stuff in about how they doubted what we could do it pumped us up and we worked even harder to prove them wrong. It actually only happened once but it still motivates a team to do thing. So many people take their literacy for granted to. They don’t know how easy they have it and how free they are because they can read and write without that school would be impossible and so would life in general.
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