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Reading is Hard: Should We Give it Up?

 

Here is an article by my friend and colleague, Russian historian Marshall Poe.

Death to the Reading Class

It says people don’t really like to read. They like to listen and watch. So we should stop making them read and give them something intelligent to listen to and watch. If you can bear to read the article, tell us what you think about it.

 -Joan Neuberger

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