Hello all! My name is LaToya Parker and I am twenty-seven years old. I am a second generation college graduate, and will be the first person in my family to earn their Masters degree(which will be in Reading). Also, I am playing with the idea of pursuing my doctorate. Currently, I am completing my fourth year of educating Kindergarteners at Harford Heights Elementary School. I am also a single mother to my 10 year old daughter, La'dre. From this course, I expect to continue to learn key ideas in literacy instruction as they pertain to the various content areas.

I found Moje's insight to be right on time. Secondary literacy instruction is in desperate need of reform. In my opinion, many of the problems with secondary literacy instruction are due to the passing off of responsibilities by educators. In my experiences not only as an educator, but as a student, I have found that many content area educators do not feel that it is their responsibilty to "teach reading". I know that there is a lot that is asked of educators(time restraints, curriculum, etc.) but reading instruction should be stretched across all content areas in order for students to succeed