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A time when schooled literacy activities did not seem like a friend to me was when i was in tenth grade. I had taken pre-honor classes in ninth grade but i was not ready for honor classes. I ended up dropping honor and switching to advanced placement classes because of the english class i had in tenth grade. All we did in the honor english class was read a book, take quiz's, and write a long paper after we were done with the book. I was not ready for this type of course. I feared being in classes with the "smart kids". I hated reading outloud because i knew that everyone could notice my accent. Our teacher was a bit rude. He was old and had a grinch look. He didn't really care what students had to say. I think i probably failed all of his quiz's. I managed to get a "c" in the class. It really bothered me because before this class i was a straight "a" student. I think we ended up writing about fifteen papers the whole semester. It was my first time actually writing "essay's". Most of the papers that i wrote i had no idea what i was talking about. For some reason i found the assigned readings very challenging.
This event has a great significance in my life because it was something that i decided to give up at the moment. This class made me fear reading and writing essays. I decided to give up on English. This is what lead me to having an english major. I decided to do the english major as a way to face my fear.