More (not so) fun facts:

54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.

21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.

High immigration numbers don’t fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.

  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    29 days ago

    Are you suggesting that it’s okay just because other countries have high rates of illiteracy? Or are you saying that the metric is flawed, and that that obviously means the US doesn’t have an illiteracy problem because the research methodology was flawed.

    Either way, I hard disagree.

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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        29 days ago

        The metric isn’t flawed

        the test taken was quite high level, and the methodology was flawed

        Okay, once you get your own argument straight without contradicting yourself then maybe I’ll take you seriously?

        So is the whole world as illiterate as the US, or is the US as literate as the rest of the world? Because you seem to be saying one or the other and I still can’t figure out which…