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I am currently in my senior year and ready to graduate. I am so happy about the progress I have made for myself. A lot of long night tears and fighting my fears. I am excited to use what I have learned into my classroom one day.

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I stopped going to school to work a job and I honestly got stuck in a rut. I knew my passion was to teach English and not being an administrative assistant. The job was so draining and I was not happy. I left my job to attend school full time which has been the best decision I have made for myself.

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I believe that continuing my higher education and connecting with my fellow English Educator peers really continues to influence me. We all connect on various levels about classes, books, and assignments. I think my development is also connected to my determination to be successful for myself.

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My mother is the most influential to my literacy learning. She always promoted  positive literacy learning in my life. I recall her alway having me do reading comprehension worksheets and making me read a book before bed every night. As well growing up I always witnessed my mother reading a book or a magazine. Also putting me into a reading camp during the summer  because I really enjoyed reading. The camp taught us how to sign up for a library card, check out books, and the importance of books overall.

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Reading is an outlet that allowed me to create and celebrate a part of me that may seem foreign to people at times.

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I found my love for writing my senior year in high school  after reading Like Water for Chocolate in my multicultural literature class.

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Growing up I would describe my relationship with reading to be quite interesting. I do recall when I first started learning to read I struggled which caused me to dread reading as a whole. Once I actually started getting the  process of reading down packed. I began to enjoy reading and would read any chance I could get. I always indulged in  book collections growing up and continued  to do so today. I believe my love for reading definitely connected me to my love of writing.

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I would describe my relationship to academic writing and reading as polite and can be distant at times . I believe that when I am writing and reading  about topics I enjoy I tend to produce great work. On the other hand there are times I have struggled with writing papers because I did not understand what the paper required. I also understand a lot of my  academic writing and reading  contains analysis and a lot of research and facts. Like many  things I have been able to assimilate and adjust my writing to what is needed for my papers I have been assigned. So there hasn’t been a lot of wiggle room for creativity in my writing on the academic level. Overall I do believe that with my experience with academic writing I am becoming a bit more comfortable. As far as my reading  I enjoy reading so I think academic reading just allows me to gain more knowledge and insight on various topics.