Tom Bertonneau on Our "Media Savvy" Students

George Leef

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  • January 29, 2010

Tom Bertonneau, who has previously written some excellent articles for the Pope Center on the difficulties of teaching young Americans who disdain reading, today begins another series of pieces. This one takes a scornful look at the claim that while students today may not be very good at reading, they compensate with a high level of "media savvy." Based on his teaching experiences, Tom says it just ain't so.

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