#227: Examining The Illiteracy Crisis

No cold open today. Instead, we dive right into the topic of the day. We examine the current illiteracy crisis going on in the US and discuss a study done with English majors who were found to be unable to read or inadequate in understanding the opening to Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House. We read the opening of Bleak House ourselves to see if we're capable of understanding it, and then, for…