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minus-squarequicksand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s actually illiterate people in America? Wow, I need to expand my social circle or something
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoFunctional illiteracy, they can read the words but not necessarily understand the full meaning of the paragraph. I do know one lady who is totally illiterate and has her grandkids read her mail to her, but she’s ~90 and at least knows arithmetic.
minus-squareSovereignState@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI know plenty, including family members.
There’s actually illiterate people in America? Wow, I need to expand my social circle or something
Functional illiteracy, they can read the words but not necessarily understand the full meaning of the paragraph. I do know one lady who is totally illiterate and has her grandkids read her mail to her, but she’s ~90 and at least knows arithmetic.
I know plenty, including family members.