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- English
- Reading
Read everything and anything you want! only 1am-4am! 10$ an hour
- English
- Reading
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About Aleece
I’m an 18-year-old trying to make some money on the side for my boyfriend. Figuring out life with courage, curiosity, and a lot of hope. Building my future one goal at a time. Grateful, growing, and ready for what’s next. Full of laughter, loud playlists, spontaneous adventures, and friends who make everything better. Living my story one chapter at a time. Figuring out life with courage, curiosity, and a lot of hope. Building my future one goal at a time. Grateful, growing, and ready for what’s next.
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About the lesson
- Primary
- High School
- NCEA Level 1
- +5
levels :
Primary
High School
NCEA Level 1
NCEA Level 2
NCEA Level 3
Adult education
Masters
Doctorate
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
Honestly, the biggest thing I’ve learned from reading stuff out loud — like literally anything, from texts to random Wikipedia paragraphs — is that your brain and your mouth do not always work as a team. Sometimes they’re like two people in group projects who barely know each other. I’ll be reading a sentence that looks totally normal, then suddenly my mouth is like, “Nah, we’re gonna fall apart right here on this random word for no reason.”
But the more I did it, the more I realized a couple things:
1. You understand things way better when you say them out loud.
It’s like your brain is forced to actually process the words instead of letting your eyes skim and pretend you “got it.” When I read in my head, I can fake understanding. When I read out loud, my brain is like, “Bro, explain this.” And sometimes I can’t. And then I realize I actually didn’t understand it at all.
2. Confidence is 50% faking it.
When you read out loud, you hear how you sound — every pause, every stumble. At first it’s awkward, but after a while you get used to it, and suddenly you’re more confident. Even when I don’t know how to pronounce something, I just pick a way and commit like it’s the most obvious thing ever.
3. You catch your own bad habits.
Like the way I didn’t realize I say “um” every two seconds. Or how I speed-run the last half of any paragraph for no reason. Reading out loud is like holding a mirror up to your communication skills. Sometimes it’s humbling. Sometimes it’s tragic. But it definitely helps.
4. It makes stuff feel more real.
Reading a story in your head is one thing. Reading it out loud is actually kind of emotional sometimes. You can feel the mood more. It hits different when the words are actually coming out of your mouth.
5. It’s weirdly fun once you stop caring.
When you let go of feeling embarrassed, reading out loud becomes this goofy, dramatic, entertaining thing. Sometimes I’ll read something with a completely unnecessary dramatic voice just because I can. And honestly? It’s kinda therapeutic.
So yeah, if there's one thing I’ve learned, it’s that reading out everything — even dumb stuff — actually teaches you a lot about how you think, how you speak, and how you handle being heard. It feels awkward at first, but eventually it becomes one of those little habits that low-key makes you better without you even noticing.
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- $18
Pack prices
- 5h: $90
- 10h: $180
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The first lesson with Aleece will allow you to get to know each other and discuss your needs for future lessons.
- 1hr
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