Make America Literate Again

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Make America Literate Again

In “Make America Literate Again,” Episode, #216, Meredith Curtis will inspire and equip you to take part in a movement to get children and teens reading quality literature again so that as teens and adults they can read great works. I know there are some out there already on board (parents and teens) – please spread the news and get more folks reading! For those who aren’t on board yet – please listen to my compelling reasons for reading quality literature, timeless classics, and great works that have changed history.

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Show Notes

My favorite President Ronald Reagan coined the phrase “Make America Great Again.” We needed it. We were demoralized with Watergate, POWs still held by Vietnam, hostages held by Iran, and a failing economy. President Reagan injected hope and passed laws to improve the life of everyday Americas. It was morning in America again in the early 1980s.

President Trump loved the phrase “Make America Great Again” and uses it in his campaign. Robert F Kennedy, Jr. who just endorsed Trump and will work with him if elected, has adapted the slogan “Make America Healthy Again.”

Inspired by these three men, I want to make a slogan, too: Make America Literate Again.

Reasons to Make America Literate Again

Leaders are Readers. The quality of what they read

Founding Fathers – Cicero, Adam Smith, John Locke, Samuel Rutherford,

Freedom is maintained by Readers & Hedonism leads to Totalitarianism

We can read ABOUT great works or read those great works THEMSELVES.

Substitutes for Reading in Our Culture

• Scrolling on Phone
• Social Media
• Video Games
• Movies, Streaming, TV
• Pornography
• Gamification

Step-by-Step to Literacy America Once Enjoyed

The Process with Explanations on Podcast

1. Read Aloud & Read in Front of Children
2. Teach to Read
3. Beginning Readers
4. Introduce Age-Appropriate Classics
5. Read, Read, Read – Bible, Fables, Stories, Biographies, etc.
6. Read & Talk about Classic Literature (book clubs)
7. Middle School to Adult – Read & Talk about Literature & Classic Works (book clubs)
8. Bounce Back & Forth
9. Read Great Works – City of God, Wealth of the Nations, The Prince, Ecclesiastical History of the English People

What Happens to Literate People

Brainwashing doesn’t work.

They know who the “experts” really are

They Value FREEDOM.

They discuss ideas not just people and events

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