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Levar Burton Relieved Reading Rainbow was Canceled
Levar Burton, host of the now canceled PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow,” is glad to have closed that chapter of his life. What started as a steady paycheck following his acclaimed performance as Kunte Kinte in the TV series “Roots” turned into 26 years of lost opportunities and even greater acclaim.
And for what? The children? Not really. In “My Living Nightmare of Encouraging Kids to Read is Over,” Burton writes:
Fact is, I couldn’t care less whether kids learn to read. There, I said it.
And he says even more.
Look, Reading Rainbow was a television program. That should tell you something right there. What I should have done is hosted a show that taught children how to watch more television. I bet they would have come up with the funding to renew that show.
Levar!
But you don’t have to take my word for it. Read the rest here (oh, didn’t I mention he wrote it for The Onion? I should have said something sooner.)
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[...] Levar Burton Relieved Reading Rainbow was Canceled [...]
Best of Strollerderby September 25, 2009 | Strollerderby commented on Sep 26 09 at 4:40 pm[...] Levar Burton Relieved Reading Rainbow was Canceled [...]
Best of Strollerderby September 25, 2009 | Famecrawler commented on Sep 26 09 at 4:42 pm[...] Levar Burton Relieved Reading Rainbow was Canceled [...]
Expert: Instead of Timeouts, Just Say ‘Yes’ | Strollerderby commented on Sep 28 09 at 4:15 pm[...] SMDS via another person I follow on Twitter — Levar Burton, who himself Tweeted about being relieved he no longer has to do Reading [...]
Best Parent Advise in 140 Characters | Strollerderby commented on Oct 22 09 at 5:16 pmAlex commented on Sep 24 09 at 2:51 pmDoh!
cheri commented on Sep 24 09 at 3:18 pmNiiiice. got me.
Mistress_Scorpio commented on Sep 24 09 at 7:24 pmThis was great.
Mary commented on Oct 19 09 at 4:02 amI can’t tell you how happy I was to get to the bottom of the article and see that it was written for the Onion.
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