Damm 1 fapsintheonm "3 Tevan Evra uRwr 103 Professor Raymond 7 uly 2015 Growing up a child without lot of mney has vay ben a dic sitvation orm. ARvalinegit, other kids would always come up tome and ask, “Sam why ae you wearing the SSD =a ee shan erie posing _whileLeraseechity so finding a stable job and financial support forks cuid-was out ofthe Ca ira are sini eter esate ine mento coe et cr Ae ea ag ep nth ay Ce asee ‘Parents did not obtain a college ication ‘My mother became pregnant with my older brother ‘when she tured 16 and me when she was 18, so her schooling wae-ended pretty shortly after MS A VSSAIT Of MY tatner’S IACk choosing to raise us, My father tackeet a sense ofmbition and saffered-with mental health ) sues r€ Laled te attend Col ee —— _poblemne growing up hich were seme ofthe main reason be ale to go to college. I remember a child thinking o mysei What's wrong with dad™7 hy docs he ct diferent iy fovteas' frm everyone els nt understanding that my dad very sick While mos of my fen’ parents were heavily involved with their kids schooling, mine were not, My parents never stayedour Damm 2 we pm together when I was bom so bouncing from one house"was a normal thing for me. The most, beneficial part about having two houses was that I was able to read a wide variety of books. I ies remember my favorite book to read at my mom’s house being Green Fges and Ham, while The Sue's Cat and The Hat seemed to be my top choice at my fathers -Beimg his daughter has forced meto— grow up incTeRibly early and-has forced-me To Team HOW to take care of myself. Although it gain as much hhasn’t been ideal, having a parent with a mental illness has pushed me to beeome-titerate— meee KNOWICATL AG POSCIbIe person Realizing just how much my parents” lives have been affected by their choices pushes sete pany pe ni gd pate omting x oy i ‘After baving read The Seoret Life of Bees}'m more confident than Ihave ever been before my fate literacy raratveTn the novel, the main character, Lily, eels forced to run away fom home. Lily runs off and ends up with a group of strangers who eventually become her family; justas I did. At the end ofthe novel we find out how much Lil's literacy narrative grew from her bravery and determination. Fhis gives me hope in regards to my future because can lye be chiaved neve the abilit relate to her situation. Now knowing that people who are in my situation de-make tout the —~ pvercome advevsity & ‘world and become successful gives me great hope. During the summer of my sophomore year of petinih eee Lying me to Supper high school, I was faced with a very-herd decisidnywhich lead me to supporting myself through the rest of my high school career. Paying rent, feeding myself, and putting clothes on my back as eee a sixteen year old was the hardest thing that I've ever had to do. The constant stress of ‘wondering how I was going to balanceoolwor) and my two jobs atthe timedspPul I could think about I took me afew months of adjusting to this new life of mine to realize that this was {ust one more significant reason as to why I needed to push my education and make a meaningful life for myself: One faces atime in heir life when they ealize- whats tuly-important and -reaningfulo.themi {he summer of 2013 was my time and as a result ofthat, I pushed myselfDamm 3 harder than I ever have academically, No matter how hard something seems at first, if you try ms hard and seta gal for yourself, yau can succeed, yet ae ¥ Having an older brother hat pushed me growing up has ben gator in my literacy venvora pe narrative. fen asked my bother it he thought I would bea iterate person when Iwas lite he ssitFYou wer aways ying at everything. You never could accept the fact that, ee you couldn't be perfect at everything, Talways knew tht you would make it somewhere.” ‘Without my brother constantly pushing me I wouldn't have obtained enough selconfidenee ‘growing up to syceeed at TES Without ‘the reminder from someone that I could be more than just a statisti, I wouldn't have been given this privilege to share my stor. Although my brother chose to become a Marine instead of going to college, he is still someone can look to for ‘guidance. Constant support from him really helped mold me as a person and has affected my " Fre pee tate toe broly Wrong ot a \ liemeyruravein seg. * 7 ‘Asallitle girl, I don’t ever recall playing on the computer or playing on any type of vi ttisher sth eas 3 TH athe) approximately 12 percent of children toDuse computers every day, and 24 percent use them at have evolved, so have children’s learning styles. 1g to The New York Ti Instn vas On aes eso io compe sp gust ee where bsng technologically savy will make or beak you in corporate word. One of the most challenging things I had to lear to do while Iwas in elementary shoo! was earning to write in cursive. I still to this day remember sharptig my pencil at my desk anxiously awaiting oe ee no reuire public shoo to each curve reading or wii he generations behind mine aeDamm 4 ‘going to live life without knowing how to sign papers with a proper signature. Electronic communication s starting to become more prevalent compared to formal writing, inthis sense, 1 we feel that my literacy rarative was benefited fom formal writing > ep pro e a, Dy nari iNay ha been ected by many aspects in my lifee Without the help of omen ha sy ner ‘my supporters T wouldn’t bein the position that Iam today. Writing this paper has allowed me to reflect on the small things that have happened in my life that have-made-medlterate, Like all evelving things in life, my literacy narrative is always changing. Each decision I make forthe rest of my ite hago and marr my arate 've eed at otal pla det egal ads in ie tmomn tea whe vit ey svn anteala ening pect sebem, piu sO eo wr neeSamantha oo ©) Notes WET W103 7 Novel Connection: aes vs i bed owe ay YON ouwan From home ao t Locus of) Vow emotional ae 3 On Uprsell @ Such nas yy pasted Yo fo Strive thin [ite. 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