The idea of reading to learn about yourself fascinated me. I was and still am the slow reader who seems to never get to the end of the page before it is time to stop reading. I have never really enjoyed reading because I felt like I was not good at it. I was too slow. This idea of learning about yourself through reading is very interesting to me.
Reading was never presented to me in this way. I always heard, "Get lost in the story. Travel through the world....etc" All of these things that I was and still feel like I am unable to experience because my mind is always thinking about what I need to be doing. I do not allow myself to loose my sense of reality and "get into a story." But, finding out who I am through reading.....I can do that.
When I think about my college experience and all of the eductional articles I have read throughout the years I believe I have learned a lot about myself through reading. How I feel about different teaching strategies and methods based on what I have read.
I would like to take this idea to my students. They need to pick books that interest them. This is the time that boys and girls are discovering what they are interested in. Do they like cars, sports, cooking, etc. I need to do a better job of having my students expand on the story as a whole not just one picture.
I have learned more about myself as a reader in the past few years (in literacy graduate work) than I ever did before, even through college! That is one of the neatest parts of this foundations course--to teach our kids effectively, we get to know ourselves as readers first. You are a great reader and a great critical thinker! :-)
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