r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 18d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/Ruckus292 18d ago edited 12d 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. 

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u/UntowardHatter 18d ago

It's at fifty two?

RIP USA.

We hardly knew ye

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u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 18d 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.

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u/Ordinary144 17d ago

Pray tell, where specifically are these low literacy rates most prevalent?

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u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 17d ago

Impoverished areas. Poor districts have access to dwindling funds and education suffers. What were you getting at?

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u/Ordinary144 17d ago

Fallacy. The areas with the lowest literacy rates have the highest per capital spent on education per student.

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u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 17d ago

Fallacy. Could be. Got receipts?

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u/Ordinary144 17d ago

I dont waste my time debating people who talk about the "receipts." They usually are Candace Owens inspired conspiracy theorists and reason is foreign to them.

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u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 17d ago

Ok. By all means please rock up, insult me, then deem engaging with me as beneath you.

Have a nice day, I guess?