Optional@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoPeople Will Not Read Itlemmy.worldimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1330arrow-down15
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minus-squareAtlas_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 hours agoA significant fraction of America is illiterate. 21% or 1/5. Yeah.
minus-squareVlyn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours 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-up1·2 hours 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/
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/