Antonio Hallenbeck

Hello! My name is Antonio, I am a freshman in college, I am a computer science major. I am interested in learning how to program in my college years, and I took this class to enhance my skills in areas such as writing. I am mixed races and I only speak English in my household.  In my earliest experiences of becoming literate the people who have helped me most were my parents. My parents and my grandma were my biggest inspiration while growing up too because I’ve always looked at them as people who have answers or solutions to almost anything, they were the smartest people I knew. My grandma supported me the most because she would help me with homework everyday after school, she would teach me how to read and write better. With their help growing up I felt very encouraged to continue enhancing my reading and writing skills growing up. One of my earliest experiences and most memorable experience with literacy is reading the books my mom would have on her shelf, one book in particular...