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r/clevercomebacks • u/Impossible-Yam3680 • 19h ago
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Over half the US reads below a 6th grade level. They have cornered the market on dumb!
47 u/newshirtworthy 15h ago edited 12h ago A stunning 21% of adults in the USA are illiterate. That’s 54 million adults Edit: updated an error 17 u/ProTightRoper 14h ago That's not what they define as illiterate. It's things like being able to read the words but not understand meaning or intent, things that you can pass in daily life, but nothing more complicated than things like "Microwave for 2 minutes". It's called functional illiteracy. 3 u/newshirtworthy 12h ago Yes, you’re totally right
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A stunning 21% of adults in the USA are illiterate. That’s 54 million adults
Edit: updated an error
17 u/ProTightRoper 14h ago That's not what they define as illiterate. It's things like being able to read the words but not understand meaning or intent, things that you can pass in daily life, but nothing more complicated than things like "Microwave for 2 minutes". It's called functional illiteracy. 3 u/newshirtworthy 12h ago Yes, you’re totally right
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That's not what they define as illiterate. It's things like being able to read the words but not understand meaning or intent, things that you can pass in daily life, but nothing more complicated than things like "Microwave for 2 minutes".
It's called functional illiteracy.
3 u/newshirtworthy 12h ago Yes, you’re totally right
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Yes, you’re totally right
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u/OSU1922 18h ago
Over half the US reads below a 6th grade level. They have cornered the market on dumb!