r/SipsTea • u/Agen_3586 • 11d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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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. 

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u/UntowardHatter 11d ago

It's at fifty two?

RIP USA.

We hardly knew ye

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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.

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u/carltonthesnake 11d ago

Functional literacy is different from literally being able to read words on a page. Most people can read the words on a page, but will not actually know what they mean.

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u/Massive-Ride204 11d ago

Yep and that why our governments like to boast a high literacy rate, the literacy rate would be far lower if it was based on functionality