Choice

Reading has always been difficult for me in a school setting.  It doesn't mean that I can't read well or that I don't understand what is being said.  It has more to do with the fact that most every time I have had to read something in school, I didn't enjoy it.  Being forced to read something is not my cup of tea.  I'd read however much my teacher wanted me to read as long as I got to choose the book.  I don't like that most teachers tell you that you have to read this certain book and usually we have to write up a reflection at the end stating what we liked about the book.  My response frequently consisted of not liking the book at all.  I would have had better experiences with reading in school if I was given the choice of what to read.  I like to read, but on my time and my genre.  I hope to give my future students the choice to read whatever they would like from my discipline.  It could be hard to make the students interested enough to want to read a book about math, but then again, if the student is choosing the book to read, it could change the students perception of both reading and math in general.