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After I analyzed my artifact, I was able to draw connections between her feelings towards reading and writing with Jill Parrot’s “Some People Are Just Born Good Writers” and Yancey’s “Writing in the 21st Century”. In her artifact that she mentions when it comes to reading, she enjoyed it in elementary school since the reading assignment was freer. Her feelings changed in middle school since the readings were more rigid so she found them boring and tedious but she was able to repair her relationship once she found books she personally enjoys. On the other hand, my subject has a negative outlook on writing because she feels stressed about her teachers' criticisms. This connects to Parrott's idea that young writers are being punished for their inexperience and don’t have a safe learning environment for them to make mistakes and grow from them. Parrott states “writing theorists have been truly frightened to refer to our teaching as skills-based for fear that it might undercut all the work done to challenge those previously held assumptions of product-focused writing.”(pg73).  This is why she's stressed when it comes to writing because is writing to be evaluated. Yancey touches upon this when she cites a quote from Deborah Brandt "Whereas people remember reading for the sensual and emotional pleasure that it gave, they tended to remember writing for the pain or isolation to assuage.”(pg2) Writing was very laborious for her since she had to follow the exact format her teachers give her.

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As I read over my subjects' artifact, I was able to find similarities with them in the amount of time we do curtain literacy practices. We both only sometimes look deeper into the text while reading. Another similarity was that we both don't enjoy reading when it is forced upon us. This was totally opposite to what Yancey states in her article. She tells us that reading is more respected and supported than writing. Then Yancey states that, "it has been much more interested in children as receptors than producers of the written word". This shows how teachers have focused more on telling kids to read then write. This is the reason that both me and my subject don't like reading, because we are usually forced to read. On the other hand, in Carillo's "Reading and Writing Are Not Connected" she talks about how reading and writing should be taught simultaneously so we can be better writers. This way of looking at reading and writing as connected can help us become better writers and maybe even enjoy reading more. With this idea we would have a purpose to read, and we'll look deeper at the text. Carillo tells us that if we don't focus on read as well as writing, reading will become passive for us and we won't look be "actively engaging ideas, asking questions, and seeking out multiple perspectives."

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As I read through my subjects' artifacts, I noticed that I could make connections in the way that we are both visual learners. My subject and I both carry the habit of skipping over words and phrases we do not understand and using context clues to figure it out rather than using a dictionary. We also both share a love relationship for reading but look down on writing. Yancey stated how many other scholars in fact felt the same and it relates to Carrillo’s statements where she asserts that writing with a structure makes the idea of writing dislikeable. Yancey mentions how instructors should modify the way literature is taught and how students attain their information, making writing favorable with new advancements. Carrillo also asserts that writing is a process writers shouldn’t fear and should overall debunk the myth that people are naturally born good writers, overall mentioning how there should be advancements in the way literature is taught as well. Yancey and Carrillo both enforce literature to be viewed as something positive. Writing allows for us to socialize and connect with others, as well as to voice our emotions, writing carries a significance and shouldn't be centered around the structure it is written in. The main focus of writing revolves around the process rather than the outcome.

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After investigating my subject’s artifacts I observed that we have very similar beliefs about reading and writing in addition to similar writing habits. Both my subject and I have complex feelings about both reading and writing. When it comes to writing, my subject feels a struggle to come up with the “right” words in the “right” order. This is a struggle that I deeply empathize with as I have similar issues. It takes both of us a longer than “usual” amount of time to produce writing, however I believe the depth/complexity of our writing is stronger because of this. It takes us longer to write because we want to fully comprehend the possibilities that our writing can carry. Author Donald Murray writes about this in his article “ Write Before Writing”. He argues that advanced writers often struggle to produce work. I believe that this is because we need longer to piece together complex ideas in a way that is digestible for others to read. It is not good writing if it only makes sense to a specific group of people. Murray emphasizes the importance of prewriting for this purpose. Prewriting helps writers piece together seemingly unconnected ideas into fully idealized theoretical concepts that not only join the greater conversation but helps push the conversation further. Prewriting is the best friend of critical thinking, together the two can create deep discussion about whatever society chooses to focus on. My subject and I additionally have similar thoughts about reading. We both enjoy reading but only if it's books that pique our interest. Reading has been ingrained into both of us through our childhood’s fiction stories. Reading brings up feelings of warmth and comfort for both of us. Yancey claims that because of reading's connection to family life it invokes a feeling of warmth and intimacy for many readers. Both my subject and I can attest that because of our upbringing reading stories before bed, we both grew to be interested in books as a way of reigniting the fires that connect us to our interest.

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Reading through my subject’s artifacts I noticed we had a lot of similarities in our work. I noticed we both agreed on our dislike for both reading and writing as it got more difficult and the freedom to choose our topics got taken. Although we had some similarities I noticed we had some differences as well, Yancey mentions how writing is viewed as something negative while reading is viewed as something more positive. My subject artifacts said the opposite they said they preferred to write instead of reading because when they write they can have total control in which direction they take their writing, as opposed to reading where they have to read what is assigned to them. I disagree with this statement because I struggle with writing, I find that I constantly experience writer's block and that just frustrates me. Another thing Yancey mentioned in her writing is that the 21st century has brought many advancements into writing because of technology. While looking at my subjects chart and mine I noticed that we both hardly take our time to use the internet to look up information we don’t understand, which is not a good thing because we aren’t utilizing our resources. Like Mike Bunn said we must get into the habit of reading like a writer which my subject and I don’t do because we don’t like reading. I definitely know this would be beneficial for both of us to get better at reading and writing to get into the mindset of a writer since college is going to get a whole lot more difficult.

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What I noticed from my subject is that reading and writing was forced upon them. However, they did enjoy it when they had the ability to write and read without being forced. Something that causes this and played a huge factor was them being able to speak 2 languages. So they had to translate different readings so they could understand and that's something that doesn't come easy and being forced to makes it worse. Additionally, English not being their only language or first taught to them makes it difficult to write English work all the time. So they feel like their work can be compared to middle schoolers. Yancy talks about how children have been more up to reading than writing and that was is the case with my subject. Parrot states "I am not a naturally talented athlete, but I have trained for and run in dozens of races, from 5k to half marathons” (74). My subject mentions how they feel sometimes they write like a middle school but they are willing to put in the work to become better. These articles connect to each other because they talk about the importance of writing and reading and how they are something we work for to get better at.

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As I read through my subject’s artifact I could make personal connections and relate to her childhood experiences. Both me and her had similar experiences growing up with reading being enforced in our household by our families however from an early age writing wasn’t something either of us enjoyed doing as we both saw it as an assignment and a burden rather than something enjoyable and considered fun. In addition to writing being enforced in both our households, I also noticed we both looked up to our older brother’s as an inspiration and as someone we found admirable. Because of this personal connection I could further understand what Yancey meant as she states that students viewed writing as something negative while reading was not. Both me and my partner related to this as we both had similar mindsets about writing being a chore and reading being enjoyable and something we have a fond memory of. Carillo’s “Reading and Writing are not connected” can be used as evidence as she talks about writing and reading being two different sets of skills along with both being things that we need to continuously practice to get better just as we do everything else. Both me and my subject were encouraged by our families to read more often which has made an impact on our preferences for it. This shows that as we grew up we could connect our love for reading as a child and further succeed in that skill.

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Looking through my Subjects' Artifact and comparing it with my own, I noticed that we have similar strategies as well as mindset about writing and somewhat with reading. We both had identified writing to be a blockage in our mind as we are unable to generate that well of ideas when we have to. As mentioned by Parrott's "Some People Are Just Born Good Writers", the mental performance of writers/students are  discouraged from making any progress as many rush to get a final product that would satisfy the requirements instead of improving the skills. My partner exhibits this claim in a certain way in which the assigned work makes them feel less prepared and hard to come up with any writing topics. I think that the reason behind it may be because of the lack of reading and access of other sources that can help with writing. Along with this, I believe that having access to the right resources will help as the structure of literacy continues to progress and change. So as stated by Yancey, us writers need to learn how to use the evolving technology to become better writers and -in general- keep up with it. My partner mentioned that she often references materials compared to me who put sometimes which also shows, in a way, the difference in how we put our resources to use. Despite the our difficulties with our writing, I notice that my partner has more of an advantage and seems to be well of in making improvements and the motivation to become a better writer that not a lot of students have, especially when they can't help but compare themselves with other "genius writers". Having an early on good relationship with writing may foster the perseverance to develop such great skills for the long term.

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I noticed how my subject mentioned that while writing, her creativity decreased over time compared to when she was younger. She felt as if she had the freedom to write what she wanted before but as she got older, there were limitations on what she was able to write. If assuming this was because of the education system, then it supports Yancey and Warner’s argument of the need to change the curriculum for literacy. She also mentioned how she uses text messages as a way to communicate with her friends and family. This supports Yancey’s argument that as technology advances, so do the techniques of writing. Also, she mentioned that she had trouble with writing and therefore got tutored in order to help improve her writing skills. Writing is not done in isolation as you can see from her experience in how she received help from those around her with her literacy. This aspect is brought up in Edward & Paz’s “Only Geniuses can be Writers”. In addition she was only tutored on writing and not reading. This connects with Carillo’s “Reading and Writing are not Connected” that reading and writing are both important and should be taught together instead of overlooking one over the other.

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As I look over my subjects' artifacts, I notice that we have similar ideas and mindset about reading and writing.  We both identified writing to be something that we had to complete rather than an activity to flourish our creativity and knowledge. Just as Yancey stated, students and everyone alike associate writing with negative emotions all the while reading is viewed as a pure act.  My partner exhibits this claim as she finds writing to be unenjoyable and a bothersome chore that the school curriculum requires students to complete for a grade.  Likewise, the two of us were influenced by our family and upbringing to view reading as a positive thing.  This has caused a good relationship between us and books.  Parrot’s claim of our socioeconomic status having an influence on our ability in academics can be used as evidence as to why reading is more favorable.  My subject was constantly encouraged to read growing up by her mother and imitated her older brother while he did his homework.  This shows that those who were privileged enough to have that type of support and access to resources are likely to succeed in reading or writing since kids are more motivated too.  An early relationship between reading and writing may foster into great skills in the long run.

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As I looked through my subject's Artifacts and compare them to mine, I see that we have pretty different strategies and practices. This could mean that as I write my synthesis, it may not be as accurate as I want it to be since we have different ideas so our class may all have mixed strategies and ideas. Yancey wants us writers to learn how to use the new technology around us to become better writers, and by looking at my Subject's Artifacts, I could tell that we don't take advantage of the modern world technology through some of her survey responses. She stated that she uses reference material like the dictionary, internet, books, Wikipedia, etc. before and/or after reading sometimes, while I put occasionally showing that we don't take advantage of these technological advances. We both don't go back and check if the guesses we had about texts are wrong, although we should since we have the technology for it. This kinda digs into what Yancy stated which was that we have to learn how to use the new technology we have around us to improve our writing. My subject also explains how she doesn't enjoy writing since it takes her a while to produce just a short piece of writing which I believe is completely fine. Writing doesn't need to be long to be good and effective writing. Even Murray in his passage explained how writing has a whole process. One of the steps is to have patience and write little by little over a period of time before writing. This relates to my subject because although it takes her a long time to create a small piece of writing, that small piece of writing may be very valuable.

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Consider your Subject’s Artifacts and all you learned about your subject in the process of completing your analysis of their artifacts. In about 200 words or so, connect Yancey and a minimum of one other source text from class to the literacy background, behavior, or practices of your subject. Try to be as specific as possible!