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re: From an 11th Grade Teacher at a good suburban high school

Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:39 am to
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
69736 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:39 am to
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We are in the midst of one of the greatest literacy crises ever encountered
I'd think back around when half of the country couldn't read would be much worse. This person is greatly exaggerating. Not that it's not an issue, but to call it one of the greatest literacy crises ever encountered? Please
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
80843 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:41 am to
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I'd think back around when half of the country couldn't read would be much worse. This person is greatly exaggerating. Not that it's not an issue, but to call it one of the greatest literacy crises ever encountered? Please



hyperbole from a public school teacher? shocking
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:45 am to
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I'd think back around when half of the country couldn't read would be much worse. This person is greatly exaggerating.


It's easier to get by without knowing how to read in a manufacturing economy with shitty labor laws. Now that we're a service economy you have to be able to read.
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
25680 posts
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:00 pm to
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greatest literacy crises ever encountered?
How ironic is it that this question is posed on the OT board of TD.
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