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Surprisingly few Americans can read, and surprisingly fewer at a college level.
by mekdoonggi 9mo ago
Surprisingly few Americans can read, and surprisingly fewer at a college level.
- Insanity 9mo agoI get your point, but literacy rate is high in the US, so most Americans can, in fact, read. However, they rarely read books and indeed most don’t read at a university level. Rarely reading books is also not tied strictly to the US.
- dghlsakjg 9mo agoStudies consistently find about 20% of Americans are functionally illiterate, depending on what is meant by functionally illiterate. Typically this means that they can read, but frequently cannot grasp the meaning of what they read. The US is actually pretty illiterate compared to peer countries.
- Insanity 9mo agoHigher than I expected although I’m not totally surprised given the US educational system.
- dghlsakjg 9mo agoI was an econ major, and a lot of the lower level courses were required for business majors. It was genuinely shocking how many people from the latter group just could not understand the absolute basics of supply curves and demand curves. The upside is that I was able to help them understand it by offering tutoring, where I was in limited supply, and there was endless demand for my services!