These readings were difficult for me to comprehend. I liked the second reading a lot better than the one that we had to read out of our book.
What I found very interesting in the second reading was one main sentence. "...There is no reading or writing in any meaningful sense of each term outside social practices." I thought this to be rather interesting because sometimes, or a lot of the time when we have to read or do an assignment for class we don't understand or think about the meaning behind it. We do it because we have to. When we read or write because we want to, we don't think about the real meaning behind other than the fact that its a way to relax or let our emotions run free.