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Hortensis

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17. I've read that adults who don't read except what they have to

Tue Nov 2, 2021, 03:12 PM

Nov 2021

after leaving school lose up to 5 years of reading level. So someone who'd graduated at a sophomore reading level might tend to read at a fifth-grade level. Adequate to get through life, but an article in The Atlantic or NYT would be hard, unpleasant work.

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Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #1

33% of US population BlueJac Nov 2021 #2

There definitely is that. calimary Nov 2021 #3

Yup - it's impossible to be informed, intelligent, and Reptilian. lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #4

Small brains will do that. calimary Nov 2021 #8

Thomas Jefferson: lastlib Nov 2021 #18

OOOOOOOH! Quote of the week! calimary Nov 2021 #31

We are becoming an idiocracy. triron Nov 2021 #5

states dominated by republican talk radio. education is a, but not the problem. even half intelligen certainot Nov 2021 #41

RWers do not want an educated population coupled with facts . ... Lovie777 Nov 2021 #6

This is why the right focused on filling positions on Boards of Education since the 80s. CrispyQ Nov 2021 #7

+1 leftstreet Nov 2021 #9

Yep, Pat Robertson had a PAC that gave money to local school board candidates... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2021 #14

i wonder if smart democrats will ever figure out to stop ignoring republican radio certainot Nov 2021 #40

Just the way the fascists like it. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2021 #10

"We love the poorly educatedl" -- tRump, March 2016. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #21

For many years a lot of Americans have thought being smart was a bad thing. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #11

This was one of my favorite books in college JT45242 Nov 2021 #12

And TV and movies with some exceptions the good guys are very rarely the halfulglas Nov 2021 #34

The exception to that pattern is the disaster movie Ocelot II Nov 2021 #35

Authoritarians defund education and invest in propaganda zaj Nov 2021 #13

fewer than half of American adults are proficient at reading. Demobrat Nov 2021 #15

That is worse than I thought, as well. Scary worse. 3catwoman3 Nov 2021 #25

I live in San Francisco Demobrat Nov 2021 #29

"I wonder how many vote." 3catwoman3 Nov 2021 #30

I'm from San Jose. Similarly in a "bubble", haha. SouthBayDem Nov 2021 #32

Trust me I know. Demobrat Nov 2021 #33

You're born ignorant, not stupid, but In Texas RVN VET71 Nov 2021 #36

I've been noticing the country growing Glaisne Nov 2021 #16

I've read that adults who don't read except what they have to Hortensis Nov 2021 #17

....:sarcasm:.....Who is this fellow "John Dean"?...Has he got a brain? Any experience in politics? Stuart G Nov 2021 #19

Carl Sagan warned us. bronxiteforever Nov 2021 #20

Home schooling has played its part. Dominionists will happily sell you "history" & other texts Hekate Nov 2021 #22

Many of our schools are an absolute disgrace. Lonestarblue Nov 2021 #23

Corporate conservatives want the public school system to be a tool of economic forces, to sop Nov 2021 #24

When we moved into our neighborhood back in... 3catwoman3 Nov 2021 #26

I have markie Nov 2021 #39

Birchers dream come true? Who needs all that fancy learnin'! czarjak Nov 2021 #27

I used to be the director at a dyslexia clinic. As many as 1 in 5 people have it. Poiuyt Nov 2021 #28

My grandson is dyslexic, he was told by his school that he is marginally retarded. 2Gingersnaps Nov 2021 #44

I've seen notes written by managers... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #37

So, I guess we're officially an Idiocracy... GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #38

The danger of teaching slaves to read. cbabe Nov 2021 #42

And there you have it. 2Gingersnaps Nov 2021 #45

And even those who read often read very little and narrowly. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2021 #43

"... a third of adults have difficulty interpreting simple health info...." pandr32 Nov 2021 #46