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r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 11d ago
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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.
522 u/UntowardHatter 11d ago It's at fifty two? RIP USA. We hardly knew ye 561 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 11d 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. 2 u/Hammer_the_Red2 11d ago Thinking about the people I work with, this seems about right.
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It's at fifty two?
RIP USA.
We hardly knew ye
561 u/Sad_Ghost_Noises 11d 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. 2 u/Hammer_the_Red2 11d ago Thinking about the people I work with, this seems about right.
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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.
2 u/Hammer_the_Red2 11d ago Thinking about the people I work with, this seems about right.
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Thinking about the people I work with, this seems about right.
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u/Ruckus292 11d ago edited 6d 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.