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minus-squareAtlas_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoA significant fraction of America is illiterate. 21% or 1/5. Yeah.
minus-squareVlyn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoIt’s even worse than that: 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024. 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (20% are below 5th-grade level). So 1/5 can’t read at all, and over HALF can’t read better than an 11 year old.
minus-squareTwitches@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAnyone curious, I fact checked this and according to snopes it’s true. This is just sad. https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhich is wild. I need to write to a 3rd grade level, and don’t think it is possible.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHow does that work out, are there 50% of 11 yo in the USA? :-) Jk
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNooooooo! IT’s because the DeMoCrAts didn’t address the needs of the working pooooooor! nooooooooooo!
A significant fraction of America is illiterate. 21% or 1/5. Yeah.
It’s even worse than that:
So 1/5 can’t read at all, and over HALF can’t read better than an 11 year old.
Anyone curious, I fact checked this and according to snopes it’s true. This is just sad.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/
Which is wild.
I need to write to a 3rd grade level, and don’t think it is possible.
How does that work out, are there 50% of 11 yo in the USA?
:-) Jk
Nooooooo! IT’s because the DeMoCrAts didn’t address the needs of the working pooooooor! nooooooooooo!