Favorite Essay

The essay that I like the most is definitely Malcolm X's because, like him, I didn't learn how to read until a later age than most people. In second grade I was reading at the lowest measured level but by the end of the year I increased my reading level to above average. Malcolm learned how to read by wrote memorization and consistent practice with a dictionary and I did a similar thing with some alphabet books aimed towards children. He was almost completely self taught while I had a teacher to help me, but as we both increased our reading skill we both began to enjoy it more and more.Like Malcolm I would stay up past my bedtime reading books, I had a small book light that would attach to the book and I would go under the covers to read it like Malcolm would sit by the cell door to read. You need motivation to learn something and sometimes the motivation is just the learning itself.