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About Me

Since I was about 5 years old I was always interested in sports, just about any sport to be exact. I guess you could say that’s where my life as a reader and writer began. It all started by reading the sports section while my father was reading the rest of the newspaper this went on everyday I saw a paper till today. Around the time I was 8 or 9 I began reading the R.L. Stein Goosebumps novels, they were a hot item for kids my age at that time and I had about 3 or 4 of them till I lost interest.
Years later I my love for sports was still getting stronger and I received my first subscription to Sports Illustrated. I loved reading every issue of that every month I had it down to the day when it would be coming in the mail, and after about 3 years of reading the magazine my bedroom wall was covered with every centerfold picture I had owned.
Once into high school my interest in reading or writing dropped significantly. This loss of interest was caused by very boring and dull teachers along with the books that the curriculum did not catch my attention at all. I found myself dreading English class everyday because I couldn’t get myself into reading the required novels. Although I never had anything against being forced to write essays or papers on topics I didn’t agree with. Somehow I made it through high school English somehow by the skin of my teeth by barely passing my final because of my essay.
Hopefully this class can help me with my troubles in keeping my attention on the things I really need to read. As well as help me acquire new skills in writing, especially with journalism.