In Class Quickwrite (9/5/13)

Rodriguez had many unique and interesting literacy cycles that I found I actually can relate to. He struggled with some anxiety over his schooling and I definitely still deal with that to this day. I am constantly worrying if my work is accurate or good quality. He also got very impatient when he needed help with his homework. He would go to his parents for guidance but when they struggled to even understand the material, he would forget it and go off to figure it out on his own. I can relate since I really hate to be dependent on other people. If I know I am capable of figuring something out on my own, I will take the necessary steps to get there. Rodriguez also mentions how he was so eager about learning and how he would come home wanting to tell his parents everything he learned that day. I was always so excited to learn something new and I always had it in my mind that my parents knew nothing about what I had learned, so I loved the idea of coming home and basically teaching them what I had been taught. For Rodriguez, it had gotten to the point where he would end up correcting his parents grammatically on what they would say. One difference for me was that even if my parents didn't know anything about what I had just learned, I still wouldn't shut them out completely when it came to asking for help or telling them about my day. Rodriguez and I definitely have some similarity within our literacy cycles.