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AMERICANS VIEW ON ILLITERACY

=IT’S SOMEONE

ELSES PROBLEM

•THE

HARSH TRUTHABOUT PUBLIC

THE INABILITY TO

READ FOR KNOWLEDGE

THE INABILITY TO

WRITE COHERENTLY THE INABILITY TO

THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT WHAT IS WRITTEN

THE

CAUSES AND THE

EFFECTS

ILLITERATE PARENTSONE PARENT HOUSEHOLDSTECHNOLOGY OVER LEARNINGDEMOGRAPHICSLEARNING DISABILITIESHOUSEHOLD LIFESTYLESSTATE BUDGETSDEPRESSIONLACK OF EXCITING WAYS OF TEACHING

POVERTY

UNEMPLOYMEN T & POOR ECONOMYLACK OF ADVANCING TECHNOLOGYPOOR HEALTH & INCREASED STRESSHOMELESSNESSHIGHER CRIME TO SUPPORT FAMILYSPENDING / BUILDING MORE PRISONSLOW STANDARD OF LIVINGPOOR SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONSLOW ESTEEM, STRESS & DEPRESSIONBIGGER GAP BETWEEN RICH & POOR

WHAT CAN WE DO AS A NATION TO STOP ILLITERACY?

GET EDUCATED SO YOU CAN HELP OTHERS GET EDUCATED

REALIZE IT’S EVERYONE’S PROBLEM NOT JUST THE PROBLEM OF THE PERSON WHO’S ILLITERATE

STOP JUDGING OTHERS AND REALIZE AN EDUCATED PERSON IS NOT BETTER THEN A PERSON WITHOUT EDUCATION

BRING AWARENESS