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New Literacy Statistics Just Dropped, and it's grim. 50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labels (www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com)
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[–] RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labels

Maybe they could start them off with something easier, like Finnegans Wake