Why Highschool English Class Sucks with Ryan Hooey

Ryan Hooey is an avid audiobook listener, who also is a regular contributor on Kelly and Ramya on his featured segments called The Chatty Bookshelf.

He is here to chat about a couple of things,

First, we are reviewing the Pearl by John Steinbeck, a classic novella.

And second, we chat about how classic books like these inevitability make it into high school English curriculums and how they can be a huge disservice to young readers.

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