**Note from Kate: I have changed the names and details to protect the student’s identity. This story does not specifically refer to one student or situation and therefore is fictitious. Although the significance of the account was taken from persons or situation that I encountered in the years I have been teaching.**
Me: Henry will you please read this to me?
Henry: I can’t read.
Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Henry: A business man.
Me: Business men need to know how to read.
Henry: I want to be a policeman.
Me: Policemen need to know how to read.
Henry: I want to be a doctor.
Me: Doctors definitely need to know how to read.
Henry: I want to be a hobo.
Me: A hobo doesn’t have a house; it’s going to be pretty cold sleeping outside in the winter.
Henry: I want to be hobo in Texas.
