Books and Literature, Childhood, Education and Literacy

The Adults at the Base of the Literacy Crisis

We did foster care respite for a short while. For the uninitiated, this is basically extended babysitting for foster kids. Now something you run unto a lot with foster agencies is that they're faith-based and ours was no exception. It was pretty common that any child entering the foster system, through this agency, that came… Continue reading The Adults at the Base of the Literacy Crisis

Books and Literature, Childhood, Education and Literacy, Personal

An English Class Case Study

 In honor of the new school year, I made a cheeky little video on TikTok about required summer reading, what my local school district required of its high schoolers, and how it compared to my own summer reading back during my school years. It opened this very interesting little conversation in the comments about other… Continue reading An English Class Case Study