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In reply to the discussion: 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024. [View all]
Polybius
(22,125 posts)35. "34% of adults lacking literacy proficiency were born outside the US"
Living in NY, I've only met two adults in my lifetime that couldn't read. Both were from Guatemala. I helped them get a basic understanding of literature, and they went on to develop basic reading skills.
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Business also depends on an educated citizenry, and that's one reason manufacturing won't be back bigly in the US
Attilatheblond
Apr 2025
#5
A friend of mine was a manager at a large Asian car manufacturing plant in Tennessee.
Irish_Dem
Apr 2025
#15
The billionaires are foolish. They made their money with an educated workforce.
Irish_Dem
Apr 2025
#16
Thinking some of them like having to 'import' talent. It gives them power over workers if they can threaten deportation
Attilatheblond
Apr 2025
#23
Commenter on FB said that all the people in the Hands Off protests were 'ponds' paid & bussed in by Soros.
Attilatheblond
Apr 2025
#9
Pretty sure he meant 'pawns'. Wonder how many 'dull normals' out there had hearing problems as kids
Attilatheblond
Apr 2025
#20
LOL. I actually saw someone mangle "Gestapo" a couple weeks ago right here on DU.
Wingus Dingus
Apr 2025
#48
As someone who has worked in journalism for decades, this is easy to believe
misanthrope
Apr 2025
#44
Back in early days of W Bush administration and the Iraq war, I read a scary fact about the Army.
Attilatheblond
Apr 2025
#45
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government;
Ping Tung
Apr 2025
#8
Just read article statingb75% of Memphis kids in k-12 schools cannot read at grade level
SheltieLover
Apr 2025
#12
My grandfather born in Bohemia about 1885, only 5th grade education BUT....
IrishBubbaLiberal
Apr 2025
#25
How many people have you known with degrees from "Christian" schools like Liberty University ?
eppur_se_muova
Apr 2025
#37
I can't say I've had the displeasure. This said, I always keep an open mind when it comes to institutions...
NNadir
Apr 2025
#41
Make a correction for Trump supporters only, and that number will close in very close to 100%.
Aristus
Apr 2025
#18
Many countries tRump & Vance call shithole countries have a higher literacy rate. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2025
#26
I can remember learning to read here in western WI when I was 7 in 1959 & it was life changing.
elocs
Apr 2025
#28