The Future of Literacy

The case study I felt like I connected with the most in The Future of Literacy was Brittney Moraski.  The other stories talked a lot about their parents being restrictive with their inquisitiveness about other lieracies, while this one showed her parents ability to support her in her endeavor to excel on the computer.  From a young age, I can't say I was very fond of reading like Moraski, but I was good at it.  I could read quickly and comprehend everything as well.  When the computer first came out, I was super intrigued by everything you could do on it and we had a desktop at home ever since I could remember.  I taught myself skills really, really young around age 11 such as HTML and CSS because I was super interested in creating a website.  I got a lot of praise from my parents but mostly from my cousin who was in college at the time at Iowa State studying to be a computer engineer.  His opinion mattered way more to me and to see him truly impressed was such a good feeling.  I think I felt connected to Moraski the most due to family support she seemed to receive.  Danielle DeVoss seemed as if her parents weren't all for her leaning towards a more computer driven lifestyle but more, "conventional academic pursuits".  And  with the study of Joseph Johansen, I felt like he was raised much more strictly with his religion and beliefs than me.  I went to church every sunday and even sang in the choir, but his religion seemed to hold his parents back from allowing him to pursue truly what he wanted.  I'm glad that I had so much family support to be able to explore the computer and how it operated.  It may not be the most important interest in my life, but it was so helpful. I am on my computer a lot during the day so if my parents had been a little more skeptical about allowing me to explore, I wouldn't feel such an ease navigating the internet and a computer today.