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3. Why we have Trump

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2025, 08:55 AM

May 13

As of 2024, 21 percent of adults in the U.S. were found to be illiterate, with 54 percent of adults having a literacy rate below a sixth-grade level, according to the National Literacy Institute. Low literacy costs the country up to $2.2 trillion a year, according to the NLI.

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Newsweek: Gen Z Teacher Quits, Reveals Why She Thinks High School Students Are Doomed [View all] Dennis Donovan May 13 OP

She needs to move to Thailand and teach at an international school. LiberalArkie May 13 #1

It's not the computers they're given, it's the way the computer is used to educate. marble falls May 13 #2

Why we have Trump Botany May 13 #3

Lots of educated folks voted for Trump exboyfil May 13 #9

So true. Computers were first introduced in schools not to solve a problem but to increase sales. Lonestarblue May 13 #4

Newsweek article has howler error: when teaching to "handwrite, students don't corporate" Bernardo de La Paz May 13 #5

Yes. No editors anywhere online, it would appear... hlthe2b May 13 #7

Not one kid in the class could use a buggy whip! Johonny May 13 #6

"The education system is broken, so i quit." Thanks... very noble of you. kysrsoze May 13 #8

At what they pay her exboyfil May 13 #10