I will be honest in stating that this was not my original career path. I have always been comfortable in explaining that I became an English teacher, because i wanted to help all the children i knew who were having problems reading. They were additionally disadvantaged in that they did not have the support of the home. I came out of UWI and was placed in a school where I thought that i had the skills to help them become literate. This was simply doing more and more exercises and actually finishing an literature text. I failed to realize that my efforts were futile. I had not grasped what the concept of being literate in today's world really meant. I had not really helped them, i was only fostering the ability of those who had some skills.
My methodology needed to change. I needed to become literate in the concept and recognized the importance of the "Fabulous Five"; Vocabulary, Phonics, Morphology, Comprehension and Fluency. Teacher training and education was a must and as such I made the hard but conscious decision to sign up for the Masters in Reading Program.
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