Literacy biography

Literacy and my Life

My definition of literacy has expanded over the course of my life.  I used to believe that literacy was just the ability to read.  Although this is a part of being literate, over time I have come to understand that literacy is a complex journey that involves learning how to take the written word and internalize what it means to you.  It also involves the ability to express ones opinions and feelings through the written word.  Clearly, this is not something that is mastered (unfortunately, it is even overlooked at times) in elementary or secondary education levels.  I am about to graduate from college and I still feel like my literacy is evolving.

The reason for this slow assimilation is greatly tied to my lack of experience.  I still have a lot of life left.  As I will demonstrate through this autobiography of my literacy, experiences gained through the process of “growing up” really do inform a person’s li