My Picture of Literacy

As you can see the picture I made during the class. It explains my own thought of literacy. There are five elements on this picture and each of them represents different points. The image of three kids on the bottom shows the importance of being able to read, and the two arrows of different colors point out two opposite consequences which are failure and success in people’s life. Also, the earth in the background represents that literacy gives people a complete world, and also the world connects each person’s literacy.

In my point of view, literacy is far more important than anything else since we were born. People don’t have to know how to drive, play a song or fix a computer, but they should have the ability to learn them. Therefore, literacy plays a really important role in leading people to interpret, understand, and create things related to their life. It’s more than just being able to read and write. It’s about using the ability to live a better life, which I think it’s the purpose of people’s life and the reason why we came to this world.

Take younger children as an example, the children who have trouble reading or writing often see themselves as inferiority. People always tell them they are stupid, and they are more likely to misbehave in school. As a consequence, they are willing to take more risks with drugs, alcohol, or crime. As a consequence, some of them are dead before they have reached their goals in life or finally lose their track and head for bad ending. On the contrary, the children who have the ability to read can easily distinguish virtue and vice. They know the world’s principle, and they may use that to obtain their benefits in appropriate ways.

Now, my picture seems to be easy to read. The importance of literacy is obvious. If I don't have literacy, it’s hard to imagine where my life will take me. I wouldn’t write those words above, or even understood the requirement of this assignment without literacy. Sometimes, I think my whole life is literacy and so are others. Therefore, the world is actually a connection of billions of literacy. We share our ideas, look for other’s opinions and make new stories based on what we know. They are all about literacy and keep the world running all the time. I think this is the main idea of my picture and my thought of literacy.