Reading about the different types of readers in the Applegate article made me realize how differently I read now in college than I did growing up. It's hard to think all the way back to elementary school and evaluate my reading, but I remember always being a "good" reader. I could read new words easily and fly through the pages. Reading the Applegate article makes me question what "good" reading is. I'm not sure if I found meaning in the text or made connections. I think I made mainly text-to-self connections whenever I read at school. I didn't read much outside of school once I got to about 5th grade. I didn't really see any value or fun in it. Thinking back, maybe that was because I did mostly literalist or minimalist reading where I just did what I had to do to get through it.
I think I've learned to make connections better in college. I may have read one or two books for fun outside of school while I was in high school, but now I enjoy reading literature for my classes. I feel like I make a lot more connections now and look beyond the surface of the text.
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