Aspire to Inspire

 
        💓Hello everyone! My name is Carissa O. Simon, and I am a senior at NJCU majoring in early childhood education. My interest in this subject was spurred by an encounter I had with a different professor who taught the same literacy course, but it was more heavily focused on improving literacy among youth and organizing activities that will aid in making today's youth more literate and productive in their future profession. My sincere motivations for enrolling in this course are that I had no other options at the time and that, if I am enthusiastic about teaching and excel at using this particular literacy skill in the classroom, it might be useful to me in the future. My mother would tell me that because I was an avid reader, she would have to keep some notes, papers, or bills away from me because I would read them well and even though I mean that I have had the comprehensible mindset to retain what was read, because I would read them well, my earliest memory of me becoming literate would have to be when I was five years old. My mother was concerned that because I can read fluently, one day I could read something incredibly important out loud that wasn't supposed to be heard.

        Since I had no interest in reading growing up, I was much encouraged to write stories, poetry, and songs by my family, instructors, and other people, and I was appreciative of the support system I had. Even now, as I write this, I can remember having a certain degree of reading between roughly fourth and eighth grade. When I'm asked to write simple words or paragraphs, I tend to write longer pieces than necessary since I get so caught up in the process. In the fourth grade, I remember being asked to write an autobiography about what I wanted to be when I grew up. Unintentionally, I ended up writing a speech that was approximately three pages long. Did I think I provided too much information? Possibly.  Literacy for me meant being able to write as well as I talk. Was I satisfied that I was able to provide them more than the basic requirement? You bet I was. Usually, if I have a clear notion of what I want to express in my brain, even if the words I choose are different from what I had in mind, I can write it down without losing the message. Driving about and seeing words and sentences on billboards had a significant influence on my literacy development. Each time, I would put my face to the window and read it aloud. This practice continued until I was older and started reading books on my own. I preferred speaking to writing because I truly felt that what I was attempting to convey would sound better coming from my mouth than it would on paper.

What annoyed me was when I would be overwhelmed by unfamiliar words, sentences, or phrases due to my limited literacy in those areas and their diverse connotations. I wouldn't say that I have a role model who inspires me to read, but rather that I was a highly perceptive child who picked up reading because of the surroundings around me. For me, literacy today entails being linguistically aware of vocabulary and speech as well as techniques to encourage reading and understanding in children as young as three. In my personal life, I hope to read more about topics that will help my mind develop and broaden so that I can better retain previously taught information or, if any, add to it. Since I do a lot of preaching and teaching based on Bible study, I believe that my Christian lifestyle is what sustains me despite my literacy development. I feel that when I incorporate literacy skills into my practices of ministry, it not only brings linguistic and literary awareness but also strongly supports the messages that I try to relay.

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