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Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid
I think it is ridiculous in today's day and age that there is so much illiteracy in this country. We are meant to be one of the most forward countries in the world yet our teenagers can't read?
Whatever the problem, it needs to be addressed. If these kids can't read, write or count, how are they meant to find jobs?
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It's not so much a matter of teenagers not being able to read but more to do with how much later they are learning these skills. Reading is a skill that should be second nature by the time kids hit teenage years, so more important skills can be devloped to prepare them for later life. It is indeed very worrying that reading is being neglected, even spelling should be a fundamental skill these days but I guess that's more easily overlooked
