I ♥ Mrs. Clark

      
    
     Growing up in a house where your mom and dad are always working trying to provide for their family and make a living it’s really hard for them to sit down read and sometimes play with their kids only around the holidays. Seating in Mrs. Clark class looking at the clock ready to go home and play with my toys that I just got last Christmas was a pain. As I sat in that little chair with these huge crayons in my hand listening to this English teacher," Good morning class" she lost me at good. I wasn't just the student that listened to the teacher every word I catch on to words like play, fun, talk, laugh etc...

       Until one day April 27, 2000 Mrs. Clark came into the class and said," Good morning class today we will be learning the alphabet." Just hearing her says that word made my heart jump with suspense. She began to write on the broad A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q  R S TU V  W X  Y Z , and on some days she even had a cute little song to go alone with it. A B C D E F  G H I J  K  L  M  N  O P ,Q R S T U V, W X Y AND Z, NOW I KNOW MY A B C'S NEXT TIME I WANT YOU TO SING IT WITH ME. Every day I walked into the class room I read the A B C's on the board. Even though it was only 16 kids in the class room I caught on to that song faster than anyone in my class room not knowing that I had began to read.

      I went home and sang the song to my mom as her eyes filled with eyes and joy knowing that fact that her son has began to read. I remember my first book that my grandma had bought me, she asked," jaron what's the name of this book?" At first I was scared because I didn't think I was ready to read to my whole family yet but I sat up straight in my seat holding the book in my hand and out came," the name of this book is". I paused, I over hear my mom and dad saying, " come on son you can do it", I smiled and said," The name of my book is Goldilocks and the three bears."  Cheering, joy, and happiness filled the room after I read them words I can truly say it was the best day of my life.
     
           A couple of years have passed by after that, I was now 6 years old and readings better then every student in my class. I was now read this amazing series called,”JUNIE B. JONES".  My first and favorite book I read was titled Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus. I remember coming home every day running to my room reading. My mom sometimes use to get very mad at me for not cleaning my room and not paying attention in some of my other classes because I was too busy reading. My family didn't understand where I got it from loving to read but I will the only person in the whole house that did. So that's how I remember learning how to read and till this day I still love reading when I have time and sometimes even to my baby cousin hoping he will take after me and become a great reader too.