Literacy in the United States is 79% according to a 2019 report by the National Center for Educational Statistics.[1] 21% of American adults are illiterate or functionally illiterate.[2] According to the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of adults in the United States have literacy below the 6th-grade level.[3]
US populace as a mass is actually very moronic. They cannot read. 54% of adult americans have a literacy standard below 6th grade. That is absolutely stupefying.
It's not the fact that they exist; a lot of schools in Japan are good for example.
But here we don't have as much agency for the kids as we should. We don't let them control enough of their education, and we do a bad job of imparting the importance of it. When kids fall behind, excuses are made rather than working to fix it. There aren't enough programs in schools to keep kids engaged, most public schools don't even have a basic array of clubs.
This leads to less than ideal social skills, a move away from traditional education, lower average IQ, and ultimately a disengaged work force.
When someone says or spells incorrectly, the flippant and immediate response is calling the person who corrects you a grammar Nazi, with an excuse that ultimately ends up trying to insult the person.
More value needs to be placed on education, more agency needs to be given to children, and more programs need to exist to keep them engaged with school and their peers. Teachers need to be teaching, not imparting their biases on the youth. School systems need to be focused on the kids and not on attendence for money. Schools should be allocated set finances and given what they need to facilitate it, with bonus finances not for attendence but for testing scores of the students.
The key to fixing it all rests on parental involvement. Most these days don’t care. Most but not all. I find it heartening the examples we’ve seen as of late...parents stepping-up 👍🏽
US populace as a mass is actually very moronic. They cannot read. 54% of adult americans have a literacy standard below 6th grade. That is absolutely stupefying.
Thank the Rockefellers for public schools.
Public schools are just shit in the U.S.
It's not the fact that they exist; a lot of schools in Japan are good for example.
But here we don't have as much agency for the kids as we should. We don't let them control enough of their education, and we do a bad job of imparting the importance of it. When kids fall behind, excuses are made rather than working to fix it. There aren't enough programs in schools to keep kids engaged, most public schools don't even have a basic array of clubs.
This leads to less than ideal social skills, a move away from traditional education, lower average IQ, and ultimately a disengaged work force.
When someone says or spells incorrectly, the flippant and immediate response is calling the person who corrects you a grammar Nazi, with an excuse that ultimately ends up trying to insult the person.
More value needs to be placed on education, more agency needs to be given to children, and more programs need to exist to keep them engaged with school and their peers. Teachers need to be teaching, not imparting their biases on the youth. School systems need to be focused on the kids and not on attendence for money. Schools should be allocated set finances and given what they need to facilitate it, with bonus finances not for attendence but for testing scores of the students.
The key to fixing it all rests on parental involvement. Most these days don’t care. Most but not all. I find it heartening the examples we’ve seen as of late...parents stepping-up 👍🏽