Dec 8, 2025 · 43 min · 17 segments
A classic novel takes on frightening significance for an inexperienced reader. MUSIC: "Cold in Your Bones" by Kyle Preston, "Hallowed World" by E J R M, "Wait" by Free Walking Trio, "Pentecost…
Soren NarniaHost
For three and a half years, I taught basic adult reading and literacy classes at night at a community college in Lowell, Massachusetts.
One was for those who were just learning to read as adults, and then many of those students moved on to a higher level comprehension class.
In his forties, he began in tier one, learning to read material like Aesop's Fables and The Giving Tree, slowly moving up to what kids sometimes call chapter books.
Paul was a reticent working man who sometimes rode a bicycle to class straight from the cracker factory where he worked, still wearing his long gray work vest and stained jeans.
During his time in tier one, I sensed he'd had a pretty hard life, which was often the case with my adult literacy students.
He was born and raised in the States, unlike many of the others in class, but had pretty obviously faced some real disadvantages.
He'd indicated on his personal information sheet that he'd only gone to school through second grade.
For three and a half years, I taught basic adult reading and literacy classes at night at a community college in Lowell, Massachusetts.
One was for those who were just learning to read as adults, and then many of those students moved on to a higher level comprehension class.
In his forties, he began in tier one, learning to read material like Aesop's Fables and The Giving Tree, slowly moving up to what kids sometimes call chapter books.
Paul was a reticent working man who sometimes rode a bicycle to class straight from the cracker factory where he worked, still wearing his long gray work vest and stained jeans.
During his time in tier one, I sensed he'd had a pretty hard life, which was often the case with my adult literacy students.
He was born and raised in the States, unlike many of the others in class, but had pretty obviously faced some real disadvantages.
He'd indicated on his personal information sheet that he'd only gone to school through second grade.
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