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2002-05-22 - 11:39 p.m. -fanfare: my new project

I've decided to take the skills I'm currently honing at work and use them to write a series of deadpan leveled readers aimed at helping adult illiterates achieve some degree of, well, literacy. The tricky part being that the subjects of these books--rather than being: not pirates--would have to be ones that would appeal to adult illiterates. So far my (totally arbitrary) list of possible book topics reads:

  • nurse porn

  • playing the ponies

  • a pretzel-making factory

  • Britney Spears

    Before I can start writing, I will need to come up with subjects to fit each of the curriculum strands, too. Everyone knows that the hallmark of a good reading program is an integrated curriculum. To whit:

  • Science = Doing Things with Duct Tape

  • Social Studies = Where Did My Paycheck Go?

  • Math = Why the Lottery Is Not Your Friend

  • Art = Emmett Kelly: Hobo Clown to the World

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