Time transcripts of Megan Ahern copy

[00:00:00.04]	Literacy video--Take 4!

[00:00:02.07]	Um, so I decided for my literacy project 

[00:00:05.12]	that I was going to talk a little bit about the way 

[00:00:10.21]	that I used to view writing compared to the way I view it now,

[00:00:12.24]	because I see a HUGE difference.

[00:00:16.40]	So I brought a couple of good books that I wrote when I was in first grade.

[00:00:20.47]	And, um, I was looking through these, 

[00:00:22.50]	and it recalled so many memories of just loving writing.

[00:00:28.60]	And I mean, it obviously makes a difference 

[00:00:30.64]	when you draw your own awesome illustrations in the book 

[00:00:33.70]	because those probably took me a lot longer than actually writing the story. 

[00:00:40.84]	But, I remember the day when my teacher first told us that we were going to write books 

[00:00:46.98]	and she was going to laminate them and bound them

[00:00:49.02]	like real books that you get in the library. 

[00:00:51.06]	And I was so excited because writers were my heroes. 

[00:00:54.17]	They got to use their imagination every single day of the year. 

[00:00:59.32]	And it's like, what six-year old doesn't think that's cool. 

[00:01:03.38]	So I'm thinking about how much I used to love reading and writing. 

[00:01:07.39]	And then I thought about what I think about it now. 

[00:01:11.43]	Now I think about writing a paper or having to read a book for school, 

[00:01:15.49]	and I just want to die.

[00:01:17.52]	I mean, I don't get to choose what I write and read about anymore. 

[00:01:23.64]	So I really feel like I need to get more into..more into reading aand writing again

[00:01:29.73]	because I used to love it so much; it's got to be in there somewhere, right?