A Writerly Biography of Myself, Chayse Adams

Chayse J. Adams

College Writing and Rhetoric, blog response.

1-20-2011

A Writerly Biography of Myself, Chayse Adams

            My name is Chayse Jacobus Adams, I am 19 years old and I am starting my second semester as a freshman at Missouri Western State University. I was born and raised here in St. Joseph Mo. My experiences with reading have not been as good as my experiences with writing. Although I am not a great writer, yet, I have always managed to do decently well in writing, which I believe may be because of the creative person I am. I like to talk and tell stories and that’s generally what writing is, without the excitement of getting to throw facial expressions and move my hands in every which direction. I do that because I am one of those people who talk with their hands even if someone tells me not to 5 seconds before, I’ll get lost in my thoughts and story and sure enough they’ll be flailing everywhere in a matter of moments. Not that you don’t already know me Ms. Chastain, but now anyone else might be beginning to get a glimpse of the funny, charming, all around goofy person that I comfortably am.

            My reading experiences are few and far between. It seems that from as early in my childhood that I can remember, reading has always been more of a chore and a means of getting any pleasure or enjoyment out of my day. To put it simply, I just seem to find better, more productive ways to spend my time. However in recent years I have found a “few” books that I would say I actually have enjoyed spending my time in such a manner. But only a “few”! As a writer I have always struggled with the use of commas and spelling. Those would be my two biggest problems in which I will be looking and asking for assistance on this semester from the instructor and my peers. Because I have never been an avid reader, I am extremely slow! However, odd as it may be, I have always had extremely high comprehensive skills, which I believe may be because I read so slow that I really take in each word and take the time to understand what I am reading. Another theory to that may be that I try to comprehend and fully understand what I read and that is why I am so slow.  Two rather good theories I believe. When I say I am a slow reader, I also want to clarify that I do not read like a 4^th grader, just probably a little under the average speed of a typical freshman in college. My schedule consists of a lot of reading this semester, that would probably be the most intimidating factor for myself that I can come up with at this point in time.