I recently read Rose Horowitch’s The Atlantic essay, “The Age of Reading Is Over,” and found myself agreeing with much of it. As a teacher, a parent, and someone who genuinely loves reading, I found this article to be of great personal interest. And yet, I came away less worried than she seems to be. I am a history teacher, and I tend to look at questions like this over a much longer timescale. From a historical perspective, the remarkable thing may not be that we are enterin

A few weeks ago, I stood in front of the Grade 8 graduating class and gave a speech in two languages. I started in Mandarin, then switched to English. It wasn't a party trick — it fit the theme of their graduation, "Charting the Unknown." I told them that learning Chinese this year had meant making mistakes constantly, feeling uncomfortable more often than not, and doing it anyway. I told them that high school would feel similar. That they'd need to take risks, get things wro

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