In the article, “Navigating the perfect storm” Ellen Carillo depicts her worries about the purpose of why kids are reading. She believes that students do not know why articles or texts are being written in the first place, so that may have an affect on their reading because there is a chance the student does not understand why or what they are reading. But this isn’t the students fault. Ellen Carillo also believes that instructors are creating their students this way. In the article, page 137, it states,” not prepared to read in ways that allow them to understand and discern the credibility of what they encounter online.” Overall I agree with Ellen Corillo because growing up and going to school I remember my teachers sitting with us teaching us a lesson, asking us to read a story, and then give us a question to answer based on what we read. Other than the instructions given and those written on the page, there was nothing more to know. I found that when reading something that I understand or draw my attention I can focus more and I have both a greater appreciation and want for what I’m reading.

In my opinion Ellen Carillo is correct in the article, page 141, it states, “Yet, the CCSS do not give students the opportunity to imagine themselves as readers, as autonomous thinkers who are encouraged to bring their background knowledge, experiences, and reflective powers to the act of reading. Instead, they are positioned as “downloaders” of the meaning of the text rather than co-constructors of it. Under the CCSS.” I believe that when you do something constantly you condition your mind to rely on that and that makes it hard to try new methods. From personal experience I’ve been in positions where I can sit and read a passage or I can look it up, read a summary and memorize what I need to know for class. If the dynamic changes students can learn to read for comprehension.

On page 147, the author talks about test taking and its effects on students. They believe test taking does not help the student improve. I agree with this because when teachers are getting you ready for a test or teaching you the topics that are going to be on the exam you tend to just memorize how to complete the task, so that you can get a good grade, but that leave no room for your mind to expand and have a different understanding on the same topic. “These tests do not prompt students to connect text to life, or to consider how language has informed their view of the world.”