[nevergore]

My children and grandchildren were literate by 2 years old..... Reading to them and by them started almost at birth. Part of their nighttime bed ritual was reading and prayers.....

My youngest daughter now 14 was reading the original Nancy Drew series at 4 years old......She is now a freshman in HS and in all AP courses......

This isn’t just a failure by the teachers but also the parents......

.....And yes.....they all read Dr. Suess.....

[drSteve78]

With a disruption of regular families, and no “grands” or “aunts” around, and some around that are nonfunctional because of their own illiteracy, just giving every child an iPad and high speed wifi isn’t going to fix anything.
If every literate adult taught even one person how to read, at any age, it would still not make a significant change.

And aaaaaallllll that money is just getting pissed away.

So, you cannot help everyone, just like spaying/neutering dogs and cats, there is still going to be a problem. But if you can, then do what you can.
Be a mentor to someone. If all you have ever done is just survive, you still have SOMETHING worthy to teach. We can’t keep relying on idiots.