These days, we know reading and writing go together like peas and carrots, but that was not always the case. In fact, some years ago, both reading and writing were taught independent of each other. This is because the prevailing thought was that one learns to “read” before students learn to “write.” However, we now know that both reading and writing work together in a reciprocal process. Both processes do not work one after the other. This encourages a more graceful and gradual learning of concepts. While these topics are are typically difficult for humans to overcome, understanding how reading and writing as a reciprocal process works eases the burden of knowledge .