[chesley]

Just a question, for anyone who knows, how do Eastern Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) master their complex writing systems? The Japanese, alone, seem to have 3 somewhat different systems, I believe.

Not saying that phonics isn't better, much better, because it is.

[SeekAndFind]

I’ve lived and work in both Japan and Taiwan and I can say unequivocally that FUNCTIONAL illiteracy is VERY LOW in both countries.

But then illegal immigration is not a problem in their country.

This might sound racist, but here’s a thought experiment — what if you just measured the WHITE literacy rate in this country?

That’s still 215 million people ( more than the population of Japan ).

I’d be willing to bet that the literacy rate would be just as high as theirs.