It never seems to totally amaze me more than the fact that you get to be my age in life and can still be mostly illiterate. This is not a third world country we are living in.This is 21st century America. I should feel lucky as I got an excellent public school education. Most of these people just helplessly fell through the cracks of what is supposed to be gaining literacy skills. I will say that most do have rudimentary reading and writing skills which does make things much, much easier. They just need some basic help to hone their reading and writing attributes. “Never give up hope,” was what I was telling a discouraged coworker earlier. Something that can ring true with regards to my life as well. Never give up. There is always a sun filled, cloudless day on the horizon.
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I am amazed at how well some people hide the fact that they can't read!! I just don't understand how they can get by.
It's a great feeling to teach an adult to read, it brings them such joy. I had the privilege of doing that once.
You are so right, never give up hope.
I'm surprised as well that people can "get" through school and never read. My nephew was in 5th grade before they discovered he couldn't read. My SIL took him out of school and home schooled him for a year, just to teach him to read. The board of education pitched a fit, but she told them, "I can't do any worse than y'all have done."
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