Conflicts and Importance of Literacy

Throughout life, everyone will face challenges one way or another. Some challenges may be more difficult than others and they may perhaps require one to do something they have never done before but it is never impossible. Literacy is one of the most controversial issues that is talked about and discussed throughout the world. Literacy is having the capability to read and write, and being able to put those abilities to great use. Literacy is the first step into getting an education; without literacy anything else that one wants to learn is nearly impossible. Learning literacy is one of the most common challenges children with Spanish speaking parents’ face, which can be a huge disadvantage for the kids when they enter school. Literacy is important in everyone’s life whether they see it or not. Everyone will be using literacy one way or another which is why it is important to learn how to read and write correctly.

Literacy is used every single day of our lives whether we realize it or not because it is something that everyone uses but we don’t always see. Literacy is one of the keys to success; without literacy there are no possibilities of one getting a further education and succeeding in life because literacy is always used. It is important that literacy gets incorporated one way or another into our life because literacy levels are heavily dropping and that will cause many problems. Many individuals don’t see the importance of literacy and they don’t see the benefits that it provides for us when we grow up. Literacy really helps one have better life and future because they can get better jobs just by knowing how to do a little more than anyone else.

Balance is a very important detail to incorporate when learning literacy bec...

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