declining literacy rate in the face of increased educational attainment
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been reading some chris hedges lately. supposedly:
>7 million Americans are illiterate and the number grows by 2 million a year
>30 million Americans cannot read a sentence
>Among those who read, 50 million read at the 4th to 5th grade level
>In 2007, 80% of U.S. families did not buy or read a book
>One-third of those Americans who graduate from high school never read a single book after high school for the rest of their lives, and 42% of those who graduate from college never read a single book after college for the rest of their lives.
with that mind, millennials are the most educated generation and zoomers are likely to follow assuming the usa doesn't totally collapse by 2030. but this trend is a huge contradiction to hedges' findings. what exactly is causing such a disconnect between data and reality? are universities just racketeering businesses at this point? why aren't we doing anything about it? discuss...
>inb4 not science and math
education directly relates to science and math
>7 million Americans are illiterate and the number grows by 2 million a year
>30 million Americans cannot read a sentence
>Among those who read, 50 million read at the 4th to 5th grade level
>In 2007, 80% of U.S. families did not buy or read a book
>One-third of those Americans who graduate from high school never read a single book after high school for the rest of their lives, and 42% of those who graduate from college never read a single book after college for the rest of their lives.
with that mind, millennials are the most educated generation and zoomers are likely to follow assuming the usa doesn't totally collapse by 2030. but this trend is a huge contradiction to hedges' findings. what exactly is causing such a disconnect between data and reality? are universities just racketeering businesses at this point? why aren't we doing anything about it? discuss...
>inb4 not science and math
education directly relates to science and math
