My cellphone:
Overall significance: My phone is definitely an extremely significant tool I use each day. Thinking about it, I probably send/receive about 400 text messages a day, and using T9word, tests one's ability to spell and think about what word is being used. Also, receiving a T9word message, reading a mistake isn't the only test; when they spell something wrong, it makes the reader think about what they could have meant, and it constantly a test of reading and spelling.
2)
Facebook:
Overall significance: Using facebook daily to check for practice schedules, important events, email/messages, and other comments is definitely a test of literacy every day. I personally check my facebook every time i sit down at my computer i check my facebook, and sometimes linger on it browsing.
3)
Post it Notes I leave to myself:
Overall significance: Every night, I make a post it note for myself for the next morning's to do list, or a phone number I will need in the near future, or birthdays coming up or tests/quizzes/papers etc. I have stacks upon stacks of post its from months ago in my desk drawer.
4)
Hot Pockets Box:
Overall significance: I have been eating hot pockets since i was a junior in high school when i realized their true beauty, and I can still never remember how long to put them in the microwave for!
5)
Medicine Bottles:
Overall significance: Besides the obvious reasons, I tend to read labels a lot when I am bored, and I am also frequently sick, so before I take anything, no matter how many times I have taken it before, I read the label.
6)
Ipod:
Overall significance: I never leave my room without my ipod. It consists of 2667 songs, and almost 600 artists or soundtracks. I read through my ipod every day, not realizing that I am actually reading and using that ability at that point in time.
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