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Brad Goverman's avatar

Spot on. At the risk of sounding like the cranky neighbor telling the kids to get off the lawn, we should ban TikTok and its ilk before it's too late. Or maybe it is too late. But this latest offering provides some nourishment to this reader starving for something more fulfilling than a few Doritos. (Although a Dorito now and then aint so bad either!) I just bought you a pint!

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Sharing this article with my family. My daughter teaches reading and writing to middle schoolers (13 yo). The prevalence of functional illiteracy in current society is frightening. No one reads books anymore. This fact alone portends the end of our civilization.

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