I never liked reading at all or understood any of it when I was little and going through middle school. What changed all that was me reading the book ‘’Honus and me’’ by Dan Gutman in 7th grade. Ever since I was four years of age I loved baseball. I was brought up playing the game and I absolutly loved it. Every day that’s all I would think about and of course I didn’t like school and thought it was dumb and worthless, and reading was stupid and something I had no interest in at all. That was the main reason I couldn’t really read that well at that time or didn’t like it was because I had no interest in the books I read for class. That was until I read my first baseball book ‘’Honus and me’’. I never felt the way I did with reading this book. In my English classes we would all go every two weeks to the library and get a new book for class and read the book for 30 minutes every time we had English class. Once I received this book it was like I couldn’t get off of it, I could not stop reading it. There would be times were my teacher would tell us times up and I would get upset and want to keep on reading. I tried to quick read or read when she wasn’t looking just so I could get more from the book. Never in my life have I ever felt this way about a book. This was one of the first times I understood what was going on in a book also. Reading ‘’Honus and me’’ really opened my eyes to how much reading can help me and how I can read and like it. After I was done with that book Its like I changed. I now loved to read and I would look forward to getting new books and hoping I would really enjoy them. I would now find myself like trying to be in the characters shoes in the books I was reading now and it made them ten times more interesting then they were before. Reading to me before was difficult and boring. Now when I read I enjoy it and can understand most of the things I read and its not a task as it was before me. So I must say I have to thank Dan Gutman for writing a book that I really enjoyed and that helped me with my readings today. To this day he is still my favorite author because in some way he gave me my first reading and helped me learn how to enjoy reading and understand it. I know it was really my own fault for learning but I still give him credit.
Like many students I see, I was not big into reading and fell behind when I was younger. I did not care to read, and would usually just pretend that I was reading in class! I knew reading was a crucial part of our education, but I did not endure it like most of my classmates did. Everytime I picked up a book I was so anxious to put it back down, because I was never interested in the context of it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's important for all of us to find meaning to a book, like "Honus and Me". In order to enjoy a book, I have to be able to relate to it and bring meaning to some sort of life experience or goal I have. I think thats what "Honus and Me" did for you. It integrated your love for baseball into something you would enjoy reading about, not just playing.
In elementary school I really hated to read. I think I even had some problems reading when I was really young. It wasn't till I was in high school that I really enjoyed it. When your young your always having to read what your teachers tell you, but once I got older, and learned that there are books out there I could connect with, everything changed. I found authors I enjoyed, and now there's always a book I'm wanting to read. Most of the time the only trouble I have with reading is not having enough time to do it.
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