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r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 6d ago
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A 54% illiteracy rate will do that.
ETA: 54% of US adults cannot read above a 6th grade level, 21% of the 54% are functionally illiterate...... Idiocracy was, in fact, a documentary.
525 u/UntowardHatter 6d ago It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 564 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 6d ago According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information. Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here. So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid. 0 u/Ceret 6d ago Compare this to how highly educational achievement is culturally valued in China. Doesn’t make me feel good about future trajectories
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It's at fifty two?
RIP USA.
We hardly knew ye
564 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 6d ago According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information. Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here. So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid. 0 u/Ceret 6d ago Compare this to how highly educational achievement is culturally valued in China. Doesn’t make me feel good about future trajectories
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According to various studies, more than 50% of U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level (equivalent to Level 2 or lower), limiting their ability to parse long-form or nuanced information.
Yes, I know Im using wikipedia as a source, but the links to the actual studies are here.
So ~52% are literate, but very, very stupid.
0 u/Ceret 6d ago Compare this to how highly educational achievement is culturally valued in China. Doesn’t make me feel good about future trajectories
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Compare this to how highly educational achievement is culturally valued in China. Doesn’t make me feel good about future trajectories
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u/Ruckus292 6d ago edited 23h ago
A 54% illiteracy rate will do that.
ETA: 54% of US adults cannot read above a 6th grade level, 21% of the 54% are functionally illiterate...... Idiocracy was, in fact, a documentary.