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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·3 months agoFunctional illiteracy is a different measure than illiteracy. You are talking about functional illiteracy, and proved such with your examples. It’s a fairly important distinction tbh.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoIsn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
minus-squareCybermonk_Taiji@r.nflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoWhat the fuck are you even talking about? The conversation is about why Americans are so fucking stupid, not entirely illiterate. The fact that OVER HALF of the adult population reads at BELOW A SIXTH GRADE LEVEL, is kind of the REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT part, actually.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoReading comprehension issue, typical American
minus-squareCybermonk_Taiji@r.nflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago28% of Americans disagree The rest? Yeah fucking hopeless.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoIsn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoNo, unless it specifies that they’re illiterate in English. Otherwise, everyone is illiterate since they can’t read every single language on Earth.
Functional illiteracy is a different measure than illiteracy. You are talking about functional illiteracy, and proved such with your examples.
It’s a fairly important distinction tbh.
Isn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
That’s the third statistic.
What the fuck are you even talking about? The conversation is about why Americans are so fucking stupid, not entirely illiterate.
The fact that OVER HALF of the adult population reads at BELOW A SIXTH GRADE LEVEL, is kind of the REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT part, actually.
Reading comprehension issue, typical American
28% of Americans disagree
The rest? Yeah fucking hopeless.
Isn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
No, unless it specifies that they’re illiterate in English. Otherwise, everyone is illiterate since they can’t read every single language on Earth.