Throughout my schooling, language arts was always my favorite academic subject, but my favorite out of any classes was always art. My favorite part about it is vocabulary. It is always more gratifying to find a word that fits into something you want to describe perfectly, than to use a word like "nice" or "good". Vocabulary is also set in stone. There isn't too much analysis involved. Grammar is another aspect of language arts I enjoyed. I liked anything about language arts that made me think, or wonder, or want to work hard and do my best for myself, not for a grade.
Many of my teachers made a positive impact in my life. There are still activities and exercises that I remember doing, and, more importantly, I remember the things I learned. These teachers made me want to read and learn. They made learning fun for me. The best part about language arts for me were the projects. One of my teachers, Mrs. Taylor, always had contests for us to do on Fridays. They always had to do with language arts, but were always fun and challenging. Another teacher, Mrs. Robertson, had us make projects, do book presentations, make vocabulary posters, and more. She made it impossible to not be "into" her class. But my all time favorite teacher was Mr. Diglio. His humor was what made learning fun. His care for us and for our learning was evident and sincere, and he was an incredible teacher too. Teachers like these are the ones I strive to be like.
Many of my teachers made a positive impact in my life. There are still activities and exercises that I remember doing, and, more importantly, I remember the things I learned. These teachers made me want to read and learn. They made learning fun for me. The best part about language arts for me were the projects. One of my teachers, Mrs. Taylor, always had contests for us to do on Fridays. They always had to do with language arts, but were always fun and challenging. Another teacher, Mrs. Robertson, had us make projects, do book presentations, make vocabulary posters, and more. She made it impossible to not be "into" her class. But my all time favorite teacher was Mr. Diglio. His humor was what made learning fun. His care for us and for our learning was evident and sincere, and he was an incredible teacher too. Teachers like these are the ones I strive to be like.
Reading comprehension is my weakness when it comes to language arts. It has been that way since I was a child. If I'm not interested, I often find myself drifting off and having to reread sentences and paragraphs. Textbooks that I am not interested in, especially. Fortunately, if I muster up some self motivation, I do just fine.
Because of my love for words and writing and thinking, while doing this post I realized that language arts has the word "art" in it. We only have 26 letters, and the stories we come up with, the feelings we can portray within those letters are astonishing. Language IS art. So I guess in a way, it was my favorite class after all.
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