Reflect on your literacy experiences by writing about them from your earliest memory of being read to, through elementary school, middle school, and high school, to the present. Comment on what you read, your feelings associated with reading or being read to, key people who influenced your feelings about reading, and places where you acquired books How are your experiences different from or similar to the generation of students you are teaching? Describe what you may or may not know about content-area reading and how it has functioned in your life. What is your perspective on reading overall?