America is experiencing a major literacy crisis

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It’s apparent if you watch shows that have 20 year olds from 10 years ago vs shows put out today that have 20 year olds in them, it’s shocking

“The difference is astounding. You can just, the literacy crisis is screaming”

“50% of the US can’t read above a 6th grade level. So our vocabularies are just shrinking because we have the internet to do everything for us. But it is so sad because people do not confront one another the same way they used to”

This statement is 100% true: “50% of the US can’t read above a 6th grade level”

This comes from analyses of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, run by the OECD and US Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics

Approximately 130 million US adults, roughly 54%, have low literacy skills described as reading below the equivalent of a 6th-grade level

This is WILD