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The Books We Read in High School (Part 1)

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:26:27
Publish Date: 2024-12-19 11:00:00
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Recently, professors at elite colleges told Atlantic writer Rose Horowitch that their students don’t read whole books anymore. They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and they mostly agreed that the shift began in high school. In this episode of Radio Atlantic, we make the case for reading books, one memory at a time.


We talk to Horowitch, and we hear from several Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them, and how their views of these books and the characters in them changed over time. 


Read Horowitch’s reporting here: “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books


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