Explain This

60 - Literacy

Season 5 Episode 3

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What does it mean to be functionally literate? How does reading help protect you from being manipulated and controlled? Why are books burned and banned in dystopias?

Let's delve deep into understanding the sinister social threat of rising illiteracy rates, and why you should give a hoot about reading and writing!

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