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When I was in preschool, my Aunt Mary introduced me to the first song I remember listening to. The song was "Red High Heels" by Kellie Pickler. This song impacted me in a positive way. It brought me closer to my Aunt Mary, and it made me feel like I was on top of the world. Since I had loved this song so much, my aunt once took me to a garage sale and bought me red high heels, even though they were way too big on me. This impacted my current literacy practices by feeling the need to connect texts I consume to real life situations, like how my aunt bought me red high heels because of the song. This will affect me as a literacy teacher by striving to connect real life situations to the texts I present to my students.

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It was "Fun Friday" in my kindergarten class. My teacher instructed my class and I to go to the rug with ABCs on it. She introduced us to a song called "Tooty Ta" by Dr. Jean Feldman. The song contained directions to a dance. Some of these directions included: "thumbs up, elbows back, feet apart, knees together." Through the whole song, it adds more directions to the dance. This impacted me in a great way because it was something that made me laugh because it was such a goofy dance. During this time of my life, I was in need of a good laugh because my mom was ill. This impacts my current literacy practices because I often find myself listening to music that I can move around to. It could be dancing, doing laundry, cleaning, or driving. This impacts the way I will teach literacy by ensuring that the auditory text I am using for lessons is not boring for students and keeps them engaged. This could be choosing an interesting story or upbeat music to play while students work or clean.

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My grandparents bought me Taylor Swift's album Fearless so I could listen to music on my radio and CD player. My mom showed me how to put a CD in the player, and I put it in by myself. The first song to play on this album was "Fearless." This song made me realize that maybe I should not be so anxious about things. This impacts my current literacy practices by not always listening to what my teachers told me in early childhood. They often would doubt my abilities or completely dismiss my problems. The meaning of "Fearless" by Taylor Swift can be applied to my current literacy practices by telling myself that I know what I am capable of and I know how to help myself even if I am struggling with a text. This impacts how I will be as a literacy teacher by knowing how not to treat my students as they are learning to read. I know I need to motivate my students and build up their confidence in their literacy skills, not doubt them or dismiss their struggles.

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My grandparents bought me another Taylor Swift album again since I had become obsessed with her music. When I got the Speak Now CD, I wanted to introduce my younger sisters to it. I put the CD in the player in our playroom, and we all listened to it together. We had so much fun listening to it together. We danced and sang together. The song I remember my sisters and I choreographing a dramatic dance to was "Haunted." Listening to Speak Now with my sisters had a very positive impact on me since it brought me closer to them and enabled me to build stronger relationships with them. This influences my current literacy practices by urging me to make literacy social. Often times, I find myself wanting to work on reading assignments I have collaboratively. This influences the work I will do as a literacy teacher because I will incorporate social aspects into literacy assignments such as group work or class discussions.

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In 2011, I was listening to a pop station on Pandora on my iPod touch when I discovered "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga. This song was a great message for me to hear since I had began developing into an adolescent and the whole song is about being proud of who you are even if you do not fit society's norms. This impacts my current literacy practices by not judging my literacy choices. This will impact the work I will do as a literacy teacher by ensuring that I do not judge students' literacy choices, even if the text may be a bit difficult for them.

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It was my routine in fifth grade. Get home from school, get my iPod touch, put in my earbuds, and listen to music on Pandora. On one of those days after school, I discovered the song "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction. I remember feeling so excited listening to this song because everyone at school that day had been talking about a new boy band. This song had such a positive impact on me because the message of the song is about a guy thinking a girl is beautiful despite the fact that she is insecure, and at the time I was struggling with acne and feeling insecure about it. This impacts my current literacy practices by turning insecurity into motivation to try. It allows me to be content with making mistakes and to not always be perfect with literacy. This will impact my practices as a literacy teacher by making room for literacy mistakes in my classroom because students learn more from mistakes.

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It was summer 2013, and I was jumping off the diving boards at the pool where my dad is the head manager. I remember hearing the song, "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line, and thinking to myself that it was a good song. It was almost addicting to listen to. I went up to the concessions stand where the music was being played from and asked the worker to play it again because I loved it so much. This had such an amazing impact on me because it is an upbeat song that reminds me of good times in the summer. This impacts my current literacy practices because I find myself liking more upbeat songs than slower songs. This will impact my practices as a literacy teacher by ensuring that I will strive to make the consumption of literacy as positive and upbeat as possible for my students. I want to do this for my students so that they can look back and remember good times with past their literacy experiences.

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In seventh grade, I dealt with a lot of drama. Taylor Swift dropped a new song at the most perfect time for me. She released "Shake It Off," which is about not paying too much attention to your haters and doing what makes you happy. This song motivated me to be more confident in myself amidst all the drama I had found myself wrapped up in at school. This impacts my current literacy practices by shrugging off literacy mistakes and trying again instead of being hard on myself. This will influence my practices as a literacy teacher by urging my students to shake off literacy mistakes and try again when they are ready.

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The first time I heard "My House" by Flo Rida, I was watching college football with my dad. It made me so happy because my dad and I used to argue often because we are so similar. This song had such a positive impact on me because it reminds me of watching football with my dad and having fun times with him. This impacts my current literacy practices because I always try to participate in literacy activities that are fun or make me happy. Since some literacy activities are not fun for me, I try my best to view it in a way that makes it fun for me. This will influence my literacy teaching practices by remembering how I always like participating in literacy activities that are not boring. So, I will make sure that my literacy assignments are fun and engaging for students. Even if some literacy activities are not fun for some of my students, I will strive to give them a different perspective on the activity so that they will be more inclined to have fun participating.

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"Renegades" by X Ambassadors reminds me of how fresh the air felt in 2016. It also reminds me about how I started branching out and figuring out who I am. It is an upbeat song that makes the future seem bright and full of hope, which is what I was experiencing at the time. This influences my current literacy practices because of how I choose texts. When I have been struggling with some personal things, I often look for texts that feel like a breath of fresh air. This will impact how I teach literacy by recognizing when and how my students are struggling and being able to incorporate motivating texts or a safe space in my classroom for them.

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"I Fall Apart" by Post Malone is a breakup song. This song helped me through my first ever breakup. It was difficult, but it led me to find the musician, Post Malone, who would later help me through more tough times. This also impacts by current literacy practices with how I choose texts. I often choose texts that I feel that I have an emotional connection with. This will impact my literacy teaching practices by including texts that my students may have an emotional connection with. To do this, I will have to make sure I choose texts that are relevant to the current times and the age group I am teaching.

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The meaning of this song did not really have an impact on me. It was when I would listen to it and who I was with that impacted me. I had just gotten my driver's license, and one of my new favorite pastimes became driving around my hometown. Most of the time, I would take one of my younger sisters Myah with me. I somehow discovered the song "Damage" by PARTYNEXTDOOR and Halsey on Spotify, and Myah and I fell in love with it. This song brought Myah and I even closer to each other because while we were on these drives listening to mainly this song, we would talk about our problems. This influences my current literacy practices similar to how the previous song influences my literacy practices. I choose texts that open up a space for me to be vulnerable safely. This will impact my literacy teaching practices by allowing me to give my students opportunities to have a safe space in my classroom.

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"A Thousand Bad Times" by Post Malone also had a strong impact on me. I had just gone through another breakup when the album, Hollywod's Bleeding, came out. I listened to it and one of my favorite songs of all time was discovered. The message of "A Thousand Bad Times" is that no matter what someone or something puts you through, keep going. The message of this song was so powerful that it helped me get through this breakup and many other painful life events down the road. This influences my current literacy practices by allowing me to stay motivated when working with a certain text even if it is challenging. This will influence my literacy teaching practices by allowing me to not give up easily on a student when they are struggling. It will also allow me to model perseverance to my students.

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This song defined the winter of my senior year of high school. My sisters were freshmen, so I would drive them to school in the mornings. We would get there early so I could get a good parking spot, and Myah would always want to go into the school right away. Avah, (my other sister,) always wanted to stay in the car with me for a bit longer. We would listen to this song because we just loved it so much. For some reason, "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd made those cold mornings worth it. This impacts my current literacy practices by choosing texts that fit the vibes of the current environment I am in. For example, when I am with a group of people and I am going to play music, I will make sure I am playing a playlist that fits the energy of everyone, but also caters to everyone's favorite music. This will impact my literacy teaching practices in a similar way. I will choose texts that fit the curriculum, but also cater to the needs of all of my students.

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"Life Is Good" by Future and Drake described second semester of my senior year of high school. Everything was going great. My friends were amazing, my family was awesome, and school was easy. I would always listen to this song with my best friends Avery and Izak while we went and got McDonald's or Starbucks for lunch together. Similar to when I talked about "Haunted" by Taylor Swift, this influences my current literacy practices by often having the need to make literacy social. Similarly, this will impact my literacy teaching practices by trying my best to include social aspects in my literacy activities and lessons.

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After life was easy for a while in 2020, it shifted because of the pandemic. I had a lot of free time on my hands, so I was spending a lot of time with my family. One night, I was up super late talking with my dad about life. He started showing me bands he saw in concert when he was in high school and college, one of them being AC/DC. We listened to "It's a Long Way to the Top (If you Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)." I had already heard this song before, but listening to this song with my dad brought us closer together. This influences my current literacy practices because I often have the urge to experience literacy with people I care about. This will impact my practices as a literacy teacher by giving me the idea to assign literacy activities for my students to engage in with their families.

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My younger sister Avah showed me "my tears ricochet" by Taylor Swift. She had texted me the Spotify link to it saying that it may resonate with what I was currently going through, and it sure did. This song made me realize that the relationship I was in at the time was not ideal, and I needed to start doing what is best for me. This impacts my current literacy practices by allowing me to show the people I care about texts that may resonate with what is going on in their lives. This will influence the way I will teach literacy by allowing me to notice when a student is not feeling their best and striving to help them when it is appropriate.

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After I had came to the realization that the relationship I was in was not ideal, I finally built up the courage to leave. It was messy, and he tried to place all the blame on me. It confused me and almost made me believe that I messed up in this situation, but "watch" by Billie Eilish assured me that I was doing the right thing for myself. This song kept me grounded. This influences my current literacy practices since I choose texts that build me up. This will influence the work I will do as a literacy teacher by choosing texts that will build my students up.

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Over the summer, I was lifeguarding and teaching swim lessons forty to fifty hours a week at the pool. On my short commute to work every day, I would listen to "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado. This song impacted me by helping me realize I deserve to be confident, focus on myself, and do what I want with my life, which is exactly what I did the whole summer. I worked and spent time with my best friends and family. This impacts my current literacy practices because when I am in a relatively good mood for long periods of time, I tend to find myself feeling unstoppable while listening to and consuming texts that are motivating and promoting confidence. This will impact my practices as a literacy teacher because I will focus on motivating my students to do their best.

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Going into the fall of 2021 semester, I was not planning on  getting into a relationship. I was planning on doing what I did over the summer, except replacing work with school. Then, I met a guy in my history class that changed my plans. We had been talking over the summer because we knew we had a class together, but neither one of us was expecting to start a relationship with each other. Once we got comfortable with each other, I showed him this song that I found on TikTok. I showed him this song because it describes how I feel about him. This song made our relationship blossom. This impacts my current literacy practices by causing me to feel the urge to share new literacy I find with others. Every day, I find myself sending songs, Tweets, motivational Instagram posts, and TikToks to my friends and family. This will influence my literacy teaching practices by having me share texts with my students. I can easily see myself placing a motivational quote on the white board every day and talking about it with my students.

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At the beginning of January, my family and I had COVID. We had a lot of free time, so my sisters and I watched many movies together. One of the movies Myah, Avah, and I watched together was Encanto. Since it is a Disney movie, it is full of various songs. One of the songs featured on the movie is called "Surface Pressure" by Jessica Darrow. In the movie, the main character's older sister Luisa sings about stressful it is being the oldest daughter. This song helped me feel less alone with all the anxiety I dealt with and continue to deal with being the oldest daughter. This influences my current literacy practices since I continue to listen this song a lot since it resonates with me so strongly. This will impact the work I will do when I teach literacy by being able to think back to the feelings and thoughts I had as a child. Having the ability to do this will allow me to understand why a student may be misbehaving or not participating in class.