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Akiea Meeks
Professor Vodicka
English 1010
12 September 2017
I Am My Own Literacy
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever,” said Gandhi.
From childhood, I always taken a source of importance for education. Going to school every day
was a way to get away from your struggles and be you. Literacy wasn’t something that I just like
until towards adulthood. Many will say their mothers taught them, well growing up in a
financially struggling family can hinder you from experiencing some of those things. Reading
