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My earliest memory of books and reading were when my mom would read to me every night before going to sleep. I remember always picking my favorite book for her to read and it was Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

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I wouldn't say I had the best early experiences with reading but I was exposed. My parents were never the kind of parents to take me to the library to pick out books or go to a store and let me pick out a book. I had books at home to read but they were all hand me downs. From what I can remember, I never really got to pick out books that interest me until I got to elementary.

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I am thankful that I went to an elementary school that gave access to all different kinds of books to their students. I think back to how awesome I thought it was that I got to pick any book I wanted from our school library. My go to books were the classics like Magic Treehouse, Charlotte's Web, Junie B. Jones and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

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I remember when the love I had for reading kind of shifted. The dislike I began to feel for books started around the time I had to do timed reading tests. I still remember the fear and anxiety I had when I was being timed for how many words I could read in a minute. Personally, that was the beginning of never wanting to read again.

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As I got older, I never really found that love for reading again. In middle school is probably when we started reading books for assignments and projects. These books were never really interesting to me so I strongly disliked reading them. This went on through high school. Since I had to read certain books for my classes, I wouldn't ever read books that I was actually interested in because I was burnt out on reading.

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This probably sounds bad coming from a future teacher but I have personally never felt enjoyment from reading on my own. I think that has a lot to do with the way I was brought up around reading. My parents never read books on their own around me. I think it is important that when I eventually have to give student's reading assignments, I will have a list to choose from with all different kinds of genres. I hope in my future career that I will find that love for reading again and my student's will help be a part of it.