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- What a timely subject. I am a librarian who has been discussing the fact that "Those Who Don't Read have no advantage over Those Who Can't Read". We can't stress enough the importance of reading.
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- I have been posting here since 06. I am 55 i am legally blind with other handicaps. I can't read,spell,write,do numbers that well. I was 10 when I was taught to print my name and a teacher had to show me by touch to print. All the books I could not see to use. I had to try member what was said. That did not always work. I was sitting in a waitting room and my sighted friend asked me why I was reading a children's book. I said the print is big. I could read it. Most of my books are simple. I never learnt to tell time till I was in my 20s. Noboby here where I live have no idea I can't read and write that well. They can't read my hand printing. They write notes that I can't read. If they knew the truth. I am not sure what they do.My roommate knows. That is the reason I have the cc on the TV as I can't hear that well and maybe It will help me. I can't read in front of others as they will know about the adults years ago failing me. I had teachers tell me to my face They had no desise to teach me. I was in school cos the law said I had to be there. Boys were first as they had to taught as he be the head of the home and earnt the money his family live on. They groomed girls to marry and have children. I knew I would never marry and never have children. I never have.
The only talking app I have on computer is Speaking Clock. I have Word set to show me my errs and I have Word type in large print when I hunt and peck. I can read some. I use MS Windows.
We all pay for the schools yet they are in the dark ages when it comes to sp needs pupils. I the adults in the home and the school when I was young. They failed to help me as they cared about the money them homes got as they were scared if I got schooled they lose money. So they never cared what happened to me as they never gave thot to my future. I use to leave class in tears. I read the most simple books I can understand. I HATE PITY. Girls and boys were taught differently years ago. I once had a large print reader and it was gone when a boy in class whined he wanted the same. The sp needs things were taken from my school desk and in there place the books the class used and useless to me. I could not do my lessons and so no homework got passed in.I was not lazy. I was the only one with the handicaps I have that was in school. Every day teacher told me she would not teach me. I made it possable totryed and this is the best I can do. I was 51 when given a computer. To most it is no big deal. To me it meant the the world I could visit and feel apart of the world. There are persons that have no idea I can't read and write that well. I trully am scraed if they knew. I was never allowed to be with others growing up. i was not allowed to asked things. I was told to not say a word,. I was a foster child.
I do belive that english is our nation touge and should be taught and spoken in school,the work place etc. In the home both.
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- Being an adult literacy organization we understand what these individuals are going through. These are the same stories we hear from Literacy Kansas City students every day. With hard work and support from friends, family, and dedicated tutors, adults around the country are overcoming their struggle with literacy! You can visit our website at www.literacykc.org.
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- This is incredable - 30 million Americans can't read???? Didn't they go to school? Why didn't their teachers notice??? Just shows you how good our school system is. AND it is NOT an immigrant problem, my parents learned english immediately when they came to this country. They wanted to. Why dosn't the government make it a criterium for citizenship? By the way, people from other countries can usually read their own languages, which, is not illiteracy.
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- A lot of ignorance just on this post alone. Schools are really hurting financially and are quite often without decent aids and classroom assistants that can make a difference in a teacher's life. I'd encourage everyone here who says it's the "immigrants fault","lazy teachers", "lazy kids", I encourage you to quit finger pointing and go to a school nearest you and volunteer since you seem to know what the problem is. Become part of the solution for once.
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- Battling the Scourge of Illiteracy
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What? Is the Federal Government givng the militia movement a subsidy or some special funding?? - Reply to this comment
- There are several causes of illiteracy - blaming schools, immigrants and parents is just finger-pointing. For answers, libraries and community colleges are the backbone of this nation's efforts to teach people to read and become more productive and happier citizens. Behind the libraries and community colleges are legions of volunteers who work one on one or in classrooms, often with limited resources. But they do make a difference in the lives of adult learners and in their communities. Be a volunteer - help solve problems!
Finally, too many of these commenters are smug, though I'd venture to say not all of them are very literate themselves. There are lots of undiagnosed learning disabilities out there - and many different approaches to help adults learn how to deconstruct and decode to unlock meanings. Many of these rae new approaches- there is no one way to learn how to read. That's another beauty of our human condition, not a symptom of what's wrong with society or with modern education. - Reply to this comment
- A nation that wishes to remain free must arm it's people with knowledge.
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- it's sad that the people who have who have issues with illiteracy are the ones targeted by the Becks and Hanity types.
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- Lawyers and so on. Great response. But I guess you have to do a search to find it, the story , not the head, as it does not appear on the CBS news main website. I admit that I'm a liitle paranoid about how the news is presented. But I don't trust any of them. They all have a way of reporting or not reporting the news based on the way they view the world. Thanks for the link.
Gotta go now , and all the best
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