A republic needs literacy
In a video I stumbled on recently, a man in a hoodie reads to the camera, somewhat haltingly telling the story of Aslan and the Pevensie children. He’s been working his way, one chapter a day, through The Chronicles of Narnia. The text over the video reads, “37 years old, fifth-grade reading level, no one taught me but I’m not giving up.”
Oliver James had behavioral and learning-disability problems in school. He said adults just tried to keep him under control, sometimes literally restrained, and never worried whether he learned. In his early 30s, unable to hold a job, he could ...
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