Quick write: What does it mean to be an adolescent?
It's a time when most are uncomfortable, embarrassed, just trying to figure themselves out while not being comfortable in their own skin.
Where were you as an adolescent?
I was in small town, rural New Hamshire. The classes were small in size, most of my seventh grade teachers in Junior High were also my eighth grade teachers in the same subject areas.
Where were you with literacy as an adolescent?
I was on track with my peers in literacy, but did not care for it. I have always been a slow reader. Six books in 8 weeks kind of turns my stomach a bit.
What was the literacy expected by your teachers?
My teachers taught the classics. Nothing was that cutting edge. I remember some writing projects being short stories or poems/sonnets.
Did this literacy support your literate practices in later life? Why? Why not? No. I data dumped a lot of my English learning as I was not fond of it. Sorry Dr. Steffes.
