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New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels (i.redd.it)

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https://medium.com/@chrisjeffrieshomelessromantic/new-study-54-of-american-adults-read-below-6th-grade-levels-70031328fda9

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[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

To play devils advocate, is this really a huge issue? As a construction worker friend of mine put it quite plainly, Most Americans don't really need to be able to read anything more comprehensive than street signs to do their jobs, a 6th grade reading level is pretty proficient, maybe a bit slower but it gets the job done

Edit: a lot of you seem to be taking this weirdly personally, just read further and pretend I'm not attacking you directly

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