Other stories... and mine?

I didn't realize until after I started reading this collection of essays that they are stories of different writers and there adventures learning to read and write. This is a coincidence because, as you know, I have an essay I have to write about my experiences learning to write and read... hmmm.. now that i think about it probably not a coincidence... 

The first thing that I noticed was that almost all of these authors first memories were about writing, not reading... which is what mine is. The second thing I noticed was that a couple of the stories were very traumatic or depressing which is also different than mine. and the last thing I noticed was that in almost all of these stories the author mentioned some sort of inner gut feeling that they wanted to be a writer, and in one case made up their mind to be a writer because he was so bad at math (and he needed math to become his second career of choice, an architect).

When I reflect on my self and my memories of writing I do not share any of these characteristics. This does not mean however that I consider my self a failure at writing and think that I will never be able to put out a decent piece of literature. This just means that i will have to work harder than some other natural born writers to create a well written essay.