| It's the same discussion all over again. The | | | | children - ten million in America alone.U.S. |
| growing illiteracy of Middle America.It's a | | | | adults ranked 12th among 20 high income |
| hot button topic between my fiance and I. | | | | countries in composite (document, prose, and |
| This is always the topic of discussion on the | | | | quantitative) literacy.To participate fully |
| way home from the gym. A good 30 minutes of | | | | in society and the workplace in 2020, |
| it. To be continued the next day if we werent | | | | citizens will need powerful literacy |
| able to state our cause within that time | | | | abilities that until now have been achieved |
| period.Did you know?More than 20 percent of | | | | by only a small percentage of the |
| adults read at or below a fifth-grade level - | | | | population.So, where do you fit in?Call me a |
| far below the level needed to earn a living | | | | snob. I finished all my high school math |
| wage.More than three out of four of those on | | | | classes the summer before Grade 9. I started |
| welfare, 85% of unwed mothers and 68% of | | | | university credit classes at CalTech the same |
| those arrested are illiterate. About three in | | | | year I started high school. I was top 1% in |
| five of America's prison inmates are | | | | high school. I made it to Who's Who in |
| illiterate.Over one million children drop out | | | | American High School Students two years in a |
| of school each year, costing the nation over | | | | row and the Deans List. I was accepted to 8 |
| $240 billion in lost earnings, forgone tax | | | | high profiled universities including an Ivy |
| revenues, and expenditures for social | | | | League School. I graduated from university |
| services.Nearly half of America's adults are | | | | with two degrees. And accepted for my Masters |
| poor readers, or "functionally illiterate." | | | | / Specialization.Still, am I qualified to |
| They can't carry out | | | | teach my children? And homeschool them? Am I |
| | | | qualified to teach them Shakespeare? I have |
| simply tasks like balancing check books, | | | | no passion for him, or for the plots. Am I |
| reading drug labels or writing essays for a | | | | qualified to teach them Social History? God |
| job.44 million adults in the U.S. can't read | | | | no. Am I qualified to assess that my child |
| well enough to read a simple story to a | | | | has a learning disability? I can list a |
| child.21 million Americans can't read at all, | | | | million things I am not qualified for when it |
| 45 million are marginally illiterate and | | | | comes to professional instruction.I want my |
| one-fifth of high school graduates can't read | | | | child to have the best of everything. I want |
| their diplomas.Children who have not | | | | to open doors to them. I want them to be an |
| developed some basic literacy skills by the | | | | individual shaped by their own choice of role |
| time they enter school are 3 - 4 times more | | | | models. I want them to be able to go to the |
| likely to drop out in later years.60 percent | | | | university they have chosen and not be stuck |
| of America's prison inmates are illiterate | | | | in the line up. I want them to have |
| and 85% of all juvenile offenders have | | | | choices.Really? Why homeschooling? If your |
| reading problems.Approximately 50 percent of | | | | kid is smarter than his peers, sign up for |
| the nation's unemployed youth age 16-21 are | | | | advanced placement classes. It's a great way |
| functional illiterate, with virtually no | | | | for high achievers to realize their potential |
| prospects of obtaining good jobs.It is | | | | in a controlled environment.Dont let your kid |
| estimated that the cost of illiteracy to | | | | be part of the statistic.The Imaginary Diva |
| business and the taxpayer is $20 billion per | | | | excerpt on Life - imaginarydivabc.blogspot. |
| year.Dyslexia affects one ot of every five | | | | |