Throughout my life, I have loved books. Reading is how I pass all of my free time when I am at school. However, I have not known until recently that there should be a certain amount that I read in a given time frame. Because I have always viewed reading as a fun activity to pass boring school days by, I never really thought too deeply about how much or little I was actually getting read. It did not matter to me whether I finished one or one hundred books a year, as long as I was reading. After doing the little reading test that we did in class today, I realized that I have been wrong. When I had finished the test, I learned that I should be reading about five and one-third books every twelve weeks. That is something that I am sometimes able to do easily, and other times not. I learned that it is very important to read as much as possible to meet my student-specific goals in order to be ready for college, no matter how impossible it may sound. While it is true that my five and one-third book goal is based solely on my current book, Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, I feel like it is a pretty standard goal for someone like me who likes to read but is not overly serious about it. The more the class discussed, the more it really sank in that reading goals are something serious. Reading two hours a week can seem difficult, but it is necessary for college readiness. Here is a link to a website that discusses the importance of reading. Even if it means reading five minutes here, ten minutes there, whatever it takes to reach my goal is what I must do. It has been a good week for self-reflection. I now know what I must do in order to have a successful future as a college student. I still love to read, so hopefully meeting set goals will not prove to be incredibly difficult for me, however there is a lot that I know I will have to train myself to do in order to maintain my ability to read so many books in such a short window of time. I am excited to see where this trimester takes me, and hope that it will lead to only good places!
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Ben
9/14/2017 03:09:19 pm
Hey Peri,
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