Art Rodriguez, 57 grew up on the East Side of San Jose, California, in the 1950s and 60s. He had a hard-knock life, with stints in juvenile hall and the youth authority facility in Ione. He was functionally illiterate.
Eventually, he turned his life around, started a business, and married. His frustration with not being able to attend to his business correspondence prompted him to tackle his illiteracy in middle age.
My wife said that I was a good storyteller, so I started to write my life story, every day, 30 pages or whatever. I gave those pages to my wife. She didn't want to hurt my feelings, but she would tell me that my writing was just one big run-on sentence. I basically taught myself about periods and commas and spelling by going to night school and to the library and eventually, East Side Dreams came out of it.
Mr. Rodriguez has now published three books, East Side Dreams, The Monkey Box, and Those Oldies but Goodies.
"As part of that message, he emphasized how overcoming his dyslexia to write his autobiographical stories helped bring fulfillment to his life.
"Remember," Rodriguez said to the students, "what you put into your life - you can go to junior college, you can go to college - your life will be easier, it won't be so hard. And when you have an easier life, you are a happier person." "
I strongly recommend that you all go and read Rodriguez's books.
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MY GRANDMOTHER IS BLANCA ESTELA CASTILLA HERNANDEZ AND SHE`S YOUR(PRIMA)
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Posted by: ELIEZER DELFIN EROSA MONTERO | Monday, March 19, 2007 at 06:36 PM
You are right, I never thought I would and could ever be a writer! Art Rodriguez
Posted by: Art Rodriguez | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 11:29 AM