We should improve the school system as a whole to better integrate both reading and writing to work together. Politics is so popular among social media, I come across all kinds of text on the internet. I think school should prepare us for the texts that we would approach in the real world. Would be very beneficial for future career paths such as politicians, nurses, and researchers. All involve areas of study require daily reading and research.

I agree that most high school teachers don't prepare their students for college level reading. In high school, we recycle the same texts that the school system have established since the beginning. The digital age has definitely had an effect on reading in this generation. There's an urgency when it comes to reading these texts, so we eventually find shorter versions online. We never have an understanding or analysis of the texts as thorough and we would like to.

During elementary school, there was a huge emphasis on writing and grammar rather than reading. Towards college and high school we learn to put reading and writing together. Although there's a huge gap in middle school. I struggled with reading because there was such a huge learning gap. I wasn't taught to read over passages that I didn't understand. I was used to passive reading throughout middle school. Which made it a struggle for me to read on standardized tests like SAT.

Between college and high school english, there is a huge difference in writing and reading. Reading is more essential in writing during college. During high school, we are so focused on standardized tests. Although, my last year of high school, we put a huge emphasis on how the book "Just Mercy" related to present lives. The book was based off of real events , but we as students learned how to relate the text to cultural experiences. Which is more valuable than learning how to read passages of text.

Writing is essential in many career paths which is why it is so important to learn how to write. Not how to write like other people, but write like yourself.

I do think that the NCLB should focus on education accessible to every students. With examples like, free books and resources. The government wants to ensure their money goes somewhere, so they measure this accessibility with test scores. I think this is a huge disadvantage in the school system. Making students focus on tests more than actual reading material

This explains a lot of why we are so focused on evaluating the text rather than relating to the text. It makes english overall, very uninteresting. It takes away the creative approach to reading and writing. Focusing on these standardized tests feels draining and leaves the student unmotivated to learn. There should be more opportunity for students to draw meaningful connections between the text and the reader.