Future Literate Me
Literacy is normally defined as one's ability to read and write. But it is much more more than that; it is one's ability to understand pretty much anything! Whether it be from understanding a text, a chemical formula, or music, the more literate a person is, the easier it is for them to understand anything.
Reading and writing will continue to be an essential part of my life because I wish to continue my education. In college, I will have to attend many classes that require reading textbooks, novels, poems, and the like. Western civilization and US History, classical literature and renaissance works, and Shakespearean sonnets and plays. And of course, with every thick book comes a plethora of delightful essays to write about them! AP Literature this year made my writing exponentially better, and I believe college courses will do the same.
Science and mathematics will continue to be an essential part of my life as well. Considering that I plan on majoring in bio-medical engineering before attending medical school, I will be required to take classes like calculus, physics, chemistry, and biology. In these classes, I will be using mathematical and chemical formulas to express changes in energy, constituents, or use them to discover certain changes. The point is, the more I use them, the better I will become at these subjects and the more I will understand.
"Music is a world within itself, and a language we all understand!" (Stevie Wonder). And it's totally true! (#TRU) Music is one of those very few things that is present among all peoples of this planet. In one form or another, music is there, and it is important. Music, like stories, can be written down so that all may read and understand it because, well, music is a story. Reading music will continue to be an important part of my life because in a way, it makes more sense to me than "Thou Blind Man's Mark" or "Gretel in Darkness" and what have you. Maybe one day I compose something! Who knows.
Since literacy, to me, is ones ability to understand, I plan on becoming more literate every day; understanding more about literature, history, math, science, and music.
