Literacy
Hello! My name is Abby Horter and I am a jazz and contemporary Trainee at the Joffrey Ballet School. I have been a student at NJCU for two years and am working towards a BFA focusing on dance. Outside of school, I enjoy going on long walks, reading, journaling, and watercolor. The reason I took Contemporary Literacies this semester was so I could learn how to connect contemporary cultures and literacies in our world. My first memory of reading was of me sitting in the living room reading these little books called Bob Books. They were books meant to help young children learn to read. They were my favorite books because they were easy to understand and I could finish them quickly which made me feel good about myself because I finished the book. In this specific memory, I remember wanting to show my mom how fast I could read one of these books. You know how most kids want to show you how fast they can do something and they pretend like they did it? Well, this was not me, I read the entire...