Tayari's Blog: Meet Karen Batchelor

Posted by TayariJones on September 15, 2008 07:22 AM
Filed under Guest Bloggers

As some of you know, I taught Remedial Reading for several years when I was in my mid-twenties. This experience really changed the way I understood my life and this country. I couldn’t believe how many people graduate high school without the sort of basic literacy that would allow them to, say, really enjoy a magazine article. The job was tough as no-one really cared about this population—evidenced by the fact that they let a 23-year-old kid to run the joint. One of the biggest challenges was finding reading material appropriate for students on this level—people with the mind of adults, but the literacy skills of a much younger person.

A couple of years ago, I met Karen Batchelor, author of Murder at Ocean View College. It’s a mystery, and a good one, but also it’s a novel designed to help adults who are just learning to read. Q&A with her below.

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