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Originally Posted by StillettoDoll
I recently found out that one of my coworkers, that I have been working with for 12 years, does not know how to read!
Amazing no one knew. That must be a difficult life to not know how to read.
Did you know that the poorest americans can not read.
And 65% of prison inmates or illiterate.
and 21 % of americans read below 5th grade level.
and 65% of illiterate people world wide are women.
Just something to think about
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I have read in a few books and articles that there are some states that use 3rd grade literacy rates to predict future inmate populations. I don't know how factual this is, but it makes me sad to even think about all those students that are just starting out their lives and someone out there is not even giving them a chance!