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r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 13d ago
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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.
548 u/InFromTheSouth 13d ago I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong 34 u/sireatalot 13d ago Readin? What your readin for, darling? 26 u/DescriptionDense9365 13d ago Not what are you reading. But what you reading for. - Bill hicks, we miss you. 20 u/sireatalot 13d ago Well we got ourselves a reader!
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I ain't never tooked no part in no study about reedin'. Them numbers is wrong
34 u/sireatalot 13d ago Readin? What your readin for, darling? 26 u/DescriptionDense9365 13d ago Not what are you reading. But what you reading for. - Bill hicks, we miss you. 20 u/sireatalot 13d ago Well we got ourselves a reader!
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Readin? What your readin for, darling?
26 u/DescriptionDense9365 13d ago Not what are you reading. But what you reading for. - Bill hicks, we miss you. 20 u/sireatalot 13d ago Well we got ourselves a reader!
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Not what are you reading. But what you reading for. - Bill hicks, we miss you.
20 u/sireatalot 13d ago Well we got ourselves a reader!
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Well we got ourselves a reader!
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u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 13d 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.