>The UNESCO definition implies that a functionally literate person possesses a literacy level that equips him or her to flourish in society. A functionally illiterate person, on the other hand, may be able to perform very basic reading and writing, but cannot do so at the level required for many societal activities and jobs. >Walter Long is 59 years old and lives in the town outside of Pittsburgh where he grew up. He's got a good job with the county water board, a nice house where he has raised four kids, and a wife who loves him. And for years, Walter Long also had a secret: He could not read. He faked it well, until one night when he was reading - or pretending to read - a story to his four-year-old daughter, Joanna. "My daughter looked up at me and said, 'That's not the way mom read it to me,'" Long recalls with emotion. "It's still hard to say to a four-year-old, that you can't read. Lavonne McKinstry drives a school bus for the greater Pittsburgh school system. Ten years ago she would not have had the job because she couldn't read well enough to pass the driving test. Like Long, she hid her lack of reading skills from everyone - even her daughters. "I was embarrassed, I was ashamed," McKinstry says. "It hurt."
Reminder to use small words and simple brief sentences for our American friends.
My dad is in his fifties and can read some but often needs help spelling. He didn't finish high school.
Camden Cook
That is sad. Sorry.
Austin Scott
>Blacks and mexicants Who cares
Dominic Brown
Cheese burger
Nolan Cooper
According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (completed most recently in 2003, and before that, in 1992), 14 percent of adult Americans demonstrated a “below basic” literacy level in 2003, and 29 percent exhibited a “basic” reading level.
I think people from other countries really underestimate how fucked the Southern US is
If the confederacy actually seceded, they would be in some deep shit
Nathaniel Gonzalez
"Functional literacy" sounds bs and arbitrary to me, are 53% of Italians dead or unable to live in society? No. Are 20% of Americans unable to live in society? No. Sounds like they all "flourish" fine and the stupid test is broken.
Carter Jackson
same. My dad is in his late 40s and usually needs our help to read subtitles in movies
William Baker
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Gabriel Perry
abc.net.au/local/videos/2012/09/07/3585457.htm >Libraries in the Central West are trying to improve the community's literacy rates, in the face of statistics showing nearly half the country - 47 per cent - can't read well enough to follow a recipe or understand instructions on medication.
Dominic Ross
No, I was implying you were exaggerating.
Jayden Nelson
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Sebastian Rogers
this cant be real
Charles Kelly
The OP doesn't provide a source, so most likely bullshit
Cameron Phillips
It’s real, but OP is using an esoteric emotional example of some random white guy living in Pittsburgh who is illiterate instead of the real reason for the statistic which is that we just experienced a massive wave of Hispanics who can’t even speak English let alone read it.
Ian Ward
>be italian >can't read
Joseph Young
Be gentle with them, they are slow
Mason Powell
How can it be possIble?? No one in SK isn’t illiterate
Hunter Taylor
>they would be in some deep shit Maybe if their infrastructure wasn't shot to shit, their manpower not depleted and their exports not burdened by protectionist North, they could develop.
Ayden Foster
>No one in SK isn’t illiterate
Hudson Watson
>1 out of 5 of the americans who posted in this thread couldn't read it so don't even know what theyre butthurt about in this thread
Sebastian Flores
There's a LOT of older black people that can't read in the South
t. knower
Ethan Kelly
the leaf could've talked about the phenomena in general but he decided to circle jerk on america like always. Here is the whole picture guys.
Ayden Sanders
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Jonathan Clark
hahaha stupidaly
Bentley James
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Nathan Phillips
>and usually needs our help to read subtitles in movies It could be bad eyesight, no?
Liam Ramirez
>No one in SK isn't illiterate
Ryder Sullivan
nah he's definitely illiterate, he's told me
Levi Garcia
>"Functional literacy" sounds bs and arbitrary to me
Of course, excuse it highlights the stupidity of your citizens. But of course a metric such as Cheesebugeration or McDonaldsitude would be well within your standards.
Aaron Allen
When you read there are no hand gestures
Easton Hall
>20% I honestly would have guessed higher.
Mason Wright
Nah, the southern US literally could not flourish without being in the same system as the north. The US economy, even today, is heavily centered on the flow of goods on the massive interconnected river system that forms the core of the country. Two countries existing in this same system is an inherently unstable arrangement, so it would have eventually coalesced back into a single entity.
Adrian Smith
Nah, the problem is that they usually can't read fast enough.
Parker Hernandez
That's not even funny, just sad.
Samuel Ramirez
.dal weW
Dominic Butler
>Foreigners who cannot read and write in the native language where they live may also be considered functionally illiterate. from Wikipedia problem solved faggots, its mostly immigrants baka
Jordan Parker
This made me laugh far more than it really should.
