Wise, Julie B.

Throughout my 17 years in education, I have watched more and more students become aliterate, which means they are able yet choose not to read lengthy academic texts. I have progressively noted that my students would rather use a keyboard instead of a pencil, send a text message instead of a letter, and talk via Facebook rather than face to face. As a result, they challenge my passion for reading by asking, "Why do I have to read?" To directly tackle this question, I wrote FLIRT Your Way to an A+ and created the online myreadingsecrets.com community. I hold a master's degree in reading from Mil...