[Oberon]

14 Percent of U.S. Adults Can't Read

And I'm one of them! Oh... wait...

[svcw]

Ok, I did not read the article but does the author mean at all or at some level? I just read that newspapers are written to a sixth grade reading level, which makes sense because most authors are thinking at that level.

[keving]

Article needs to define “U.S. Adults?” People living in the US or US Citizens?

After 16 years in school and they cannot read.

The world needs ditch diggers too.

[mplsconservative]

Waht? Eye donut beleeve itz truw

[WellyP]

Please break that number down a little and add catagories for inner-city blacks and illegal immigrants!

[GOP_Raider]

Wonder what the literacy rate of people who are/were homeschooled is? I’d love to find that out...

[Vermont Lt]

OK, lets write funny things about them. They will never look here!

[ritewingwarrior]

While that is said this headline is even worse.

53% of Voting Americans Are Brain Dead.

[wintertime]

This information was posted on EducationNews,org yesterday. I followed the links provided to check out the original source.

While it gives a general overall picture of illiteracy in the U.S. I could not find on the site where it separates out native born literacy from immigrant literacy.

The **really** important statistic to know is literacy among the native born because that number would tell us how well our schools ( government, private, and homeschool) are functioning.

I found it interesting that only 15% of the population is considered to be reading on the most advanced levels. That would likely be nearly everyone here on Free Republic,

[SolidWood]

But they know how to vote for a Democrat.

[SoftballMominVA]

14% can’t read? Considering our illegal alien population that’s probably a pretty good number. The article further discusses how a large majority of the prison population is illiterate. And who is in prison? Well, that would be illigals and inner-city blacks.

Useless article. No real information.

[big'ol_freeper]

Hey, I know those people. They show up on FR, post a really hugh and series thread, and then get attacked by viking kitties....and they electemated The One.

[fabian]

14%...I think that is hogwash. Some of these scientists are actually the stupidest people alive because they assume and think they know so much when they do not.

[television is just wrong]

my father in law suggested that we are as a people headed back to a dark age of illiteracy.

[Little Ray]

Not to hijack this thread, but I wonder how many of the illiterates are illegal aliens?
I mean, our school systems are bad enough, but allowing the dregs of other countries to invade as well is a killer.

[Neoliberalnot]

14% that voted for Hussein.

[org.whodat]

"The crisis of adult literacy is getting worse, and investment in education and support programs is critical," said David C. Harvey, president and CEO of ProLiteracy, in response to the finding.

BS, I would bet they are counting all the illegals and legals. I hear a tin cup rattle in the back ground.

[AmericanVictory]

That’s almost twice as many as approve of Congress, isn’t it?

[Oldpuppymax]

But smart, self-sufficient people are far less likely to vote for a democrat. So watch this number continue to grow.

[Flycatcher]

Here's how to determine literacy:

Ask a kid to spell "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

I told my 7-year-old grandson that I could do it when I was in the second grade. (True story)

It motivated him. He entered the third grade this year proudly being able to spell the word. Not uncoincidentally, he loves Mary Poppins too.