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Originally posted by jantimot ↑

Not much has changed there.

“According to a study conducted in late April by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, 32 million adults in the U.S. can’t read. That’s 14 percent of the population. 21 percent of adults in the U.S. read below a 5th grade level, and 19 percent of high school graduates can’t read.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/illiteracy-rate_n_3880355.html

The link from the HuffPost article to the original article is even more depressing.

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A dumb country is a happy country J

They don't realise they are being shafted

Australia is not that far behind
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