Sarah learned how to read when she was around 3 and her parents read her various classic children's books such as The Cat in the Hat, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Since then, reading has become a huge part of Sarah's life. She reads as an escape from the real world, but she also reads because it's a way for her to explore ideas that may otherwise be foreign to her. Her favorite part of reading is the emotional impact that many books have on her and the attachment she develops towards the characters. Once she starts a book, Sarah usually commits to finishing it unless, in the rare instance, it is either extremely depressing or too information dense on topics she doesn't necessarily care for. The hardest part of reading for her is when books get too sad and she dreads finishing the book because she knows it will end badly. Sarah loves reading challenging books, and never fake-reads in class because she thinks it's unnecessary and she truly does enjoy reading. Sarah is currently reading A Clockwork Orange and she enjoys it a lot. This summer, she did not read as many books as she was busy at a summer research camp. She read Half of a Yellow Sun, Never Let Me Go, and the two required reading books she picked-- The Fall, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. She probably read at least 25 books last year, her favorite authors are David Sedaris and Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. There are many many many books in her room, and she is a reader who enjoys exploring novel ideas.
Sarah does believe that she is a writer, however, she often dreads the task of writing because she does not enjoy transferring her thoughts on to paper. Sarah learned how to write when she was very little and wrote silly stories about random things. Most people probably learn somewhere along those lines. People write to share ideas, as a means to better organize their thoughts, just for fun, for school because it's required, and a variety of other reasons. In order to write well, a person should have a fairly good grasp on the basics of the English language as well as a passion for whatever subject matter he or she is writing about. Sarah enjoys writing personal narratives, research papers, and persuasive essays the most. She gets ideas from events in her personal life, or from sources like the news or the internet. Constructive criticism helps Sarah grow as a writer and she appreciates it even when it's harsh. Writing at home is not something that Sarah does very often, but she has made multiple attempts to keep a journal in the past. Sarah is a perfectionist of sorts, so it's hard for her to be completely satisfied with a piece of her own work before a lot of editing.
Sarah does believe that she is a writer, however, she often dreads the task of writing because she does not enjoy transferring her thoughts on to paper. Sarah learned how to write when she was very little and wrote silly stories about random things. Most people probably learn somewhere along those lines. People write to share ideas, as a means to better organize their thoughts, just for fun, for school because it's required, and a variety of other reasons. In order to write well, a person should have a fairly good grasp on the basics of the English language as well as a passion for whatever subject matter he or she is writing about. Sarah enjoys writing personal narratives, research papers, and persuasive essays the most. She gets ideas from events in her personal life, or from sources like the news or the internet. Constructive criticism helps Sarah grow as a writer and she appreciates it even when it's harsh. Writing at home is not something that Sarah does very often, but she has made multiple attempts to keep a journal in the past. Sarah is a perfectionist of sorts, so it's hard for her to be completely satisfied with a piece of her own work before a lot of editing.