When I was younger and first learning to read, I often tried to avoid reading. Mostly because I wasn’t very good and I’d rather be playing softball or practicing cheers because that is what was most important to me at that time. When I started sixth grade we moved and I started at a new school. When I did this I didn’t do any extra curricular activities, so I had extra time on my hands that I wasn’t really sure what to do with. We had to do a book report for our English class and when I went to the library I decided to get the first harry potter book. I started reading it because I had to, but then I began to really love the way the books were written and how they painted a picture in my mind. After I read the Harry Potter series I read other books mostly fiction.
When I went into the summer of my 8th grade year, I quit reading as much books and switched to articles. Most of the articles I read were just on my phone and revolved around politics. This definitely helped me form opinions for my 8th grade history class. I’ve never really been one to read in my free time, except for a brief time in middle school. My reading currently consists of articles about congress, the justice system, current day politics and also books for school. As much as I know I should read more books, my interests for reading are occurring presently, which is why I turn to articles.