The Future of Literacy

The case study that I feel most connected to from the reading was Danielle DeVoss.  My parents always stressed reading to me.  I remember my dad would always ask me to read the sports section of the newspapers with him.  I was very young so I thought it was a bit confusing that an article could start at the front page and then be continued somewhere in the middle.  I felt like reading the sports was boring when I was young, I much rather read the comic section.  My dad would tell me if I did a good job reading the sports, we could move on to the comic portion of the newspaper.  My mother and I made numerous trips to the library together.  She had tons of books I remember; she was in nursing school at the time so those books were a little to advanced for me at the time.  I would take out the same couple of books time after time.  I’d always check out the “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” books.  The images and stories were so horrifying when I was young.  I remember the teacher used to let me bring the books in and after lunch, the kids in my class would sit around and read the book to each.  Every time was scary.