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SyntaxError (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:39 PM Original message |
Hmm, what percentage of the US population is illiterate? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Since I've lived in Arkansas, |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. We have those in California too... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I've heard that most Americans have a comprehension rate |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. ack. I could read above that level in 3rd grade! |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. If the Freeps are any example, it's at least 30% n/t |
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SyntaxError (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. heh... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I see a great deal of that here |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. That's HUGH1111 |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. That is the "idiocy" rate. The OP asked about the "illiteracy" rate. n/t |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Check The National Assessment of Adult Literacy |
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SyntaxError (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Trying to sort through that now... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Read who they are |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Ick. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just 1% according to the CIA fact book. |
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Kucinich4America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. What's Chimpy's current approval rating? |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Good One !! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. That approval rating would include the ultra rich who I assume are not illiterate, just greedy. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. 40-44 million (21-23% of adults) are functionally illiterate. |
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SyntaxError (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. wow... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. They seem to define anybody who doesn't speak English as illiterate. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. True, and the standard is actually "functional literacy." |
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nancyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've read that it's 40%. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nearly all Americans are literate to some degree, but... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Who you callin' illiterate? |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Good one! LOL! n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. My guess is the percentage of Americans who have a reading |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. ok. I am over-educated...can read Goethe in original German |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. One has to differentiate between being able to read, and understanding what one reads. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Good post, yes. But I was unaware that a simple one-sentence |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well, what percent think that Saddam was responsible for 911? |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've never known a true illiterate. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. And don't forget about the pre-schoolers |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. I believe it's mostly the elderly. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. Actual illiteracy is probably very low |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. I had no idea it was that high |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Back in the '80s I tutored this guy who was upset: |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. I do know this...the company I work for provides |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. Functional illiteracy is probably quite high |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. One learns to speak and write based on what one hears and reads. |
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