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“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; you have fed him for a lifetime” (http://www.amatecon.com/fish.html). This quote can be applied to illiteracy in America; basically someone illiterate cannot live on their own until they have been taught the basics, reading and writing. According to Kozol’s essay The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society the government, administration, and people of high power live by the beginning of the quote (Kozol, The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society). They help someone illiterate make a living until the person is out of their control. Yet the government, administrations, and society maintain control through illiteracy.
Illiteracy is spreading like a plague through modern society. It affects part of our lives in one way or another. The illiteracy rate per capita is alarming especially to see that the numbers are on the rise. Thirteen percent of Colorado adults are illiterate (www.nces.ed.gov). Approximately 4,420,000 people live in Colorado, and if thirteen percent are illiterate, then 54,600 people are illiterate (www.census.gov). Almost one out of every 85 people is illiterate.
An illiterate is stereotypically defined as a middle-aged adult who wears scruffy clothes. Yet in reality most illiterate look like every other person wearing jeans and a t-shirt walking down the street. The hardest roadblock for an illiterate is the ability to read. Since an illiterate cannot read or write then the person cannot work. In order to compensate our government has it in their heads that if they give welfare money to someone who is illiterate then they will go and try to learn to read and write. Why is the government’s head on backwards? The only thing that...
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...enerations. As it stands, people who are literate in America live by Darwin’s theory of “Survival of the Fittest.” The strong prey on the weak, just as someone who is literate preys on the illiterate. With the proposed solutions there will be a greater chance of equality amongst the American society. So if America just took one moment to teach the man to fish, there would be an end to illiteracy in America.
Works Cited
- Give a Man a Fish….Ross Nordeen. June 3, 1999
http://www.amatecon.com/fish.html>
- Kozol, Jonathan. “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society.” Reading Critically,
Writing Well: A Reader and Guide. Axelrod and Cooper. 6th ed. Bedford/ St.
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- National Center for Educational Statistics.
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- United States Census Bureau.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how kozol's quote can be applied to illiteracy in america. the government, administration, and people of high power live by the beginning of the quote.
- Explains that illiteracy is spreading like a plague through modern society, and that it affects part of our lives in one way or another.
- Explains that an illiterate is stereotypically defined as a middle-aged adult who wears scruffy clothes. the hardest roadblock is the ability to read.
- Analyzes how kozol's quote can be applied to illiteracy in america. the government, administration, and people of high power live by the beginning of the quote.
- Explains that illiteracy is spreading like a plague through modern society, and that it affects part of our lives in one way or another.
- Explains that an illiterate is stereotypically defined as a middle-aged adult who wears scruffy clothes. the hardest roadblock is the ability to read.
- Explains that every school administration in the nation has enticed illiteracy in one form or another. the seniority that the administration holds over a child's life is pitiful.
- Opines that the american dream is the motivation for many immigrants to choose to live in the united states of america.
- Explains why the government and school administration crave power over one's literacy. the government uses illiteracy to sway the voting in the direction that they want.
- Explains that america's government needs to create an incentive program to motivate illiterates to learn to read and write.
- Opines that rectification amongst school administrations should be top priority for the government.
- Opines that if america taught the man to fish, there would be an end to illiteracy in america.
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- Opines that helping an illiterate person takes a few minutes out of our day, but the help is very rarely seen in our society.
- Recalls an interesting trip to the grocery store when they came across a young woman with an infant in the cart. the thought of her literacy didn't cross their mind.
- Narrates how they asked the woman for help when her husband was home sick from work and he was not allowed to work until his symptoms had cleared.
- Narrates how they thought about the illiterate woman's unusual trip to the grocery store for the rest of the trip home. they realized how hard it must have been to ask for help reading a label.
- Explains that being illiterate can mean having a huge dependency on others. literate people in our society have the upper hand in the situation.
- Narrates how illiterate people trust a doctor to help them get their child medicine for the flu, but the doctor tells them that the multivitamin they thought they gave them didn't hurt them.
- Opines that illiteracy is a problem in our society and that we can help it.
964 wordsRead More - Illiteracy: An American Tragedyanalytical essayIlliteracy is still prevalent here in the United States. The U.S Department of Education reported “there are 27million adult Americans who have left school due to their inability to read and write.” “Based on assessments of adult literacy in the United States, about 47%, or 90 million, of American adults have literacy skills that test below a high-school level and are unable to read complex texts, including many health-related materials.”
In this essay, the author
- Explains that illiteracy is still prevalent in the united states. the u.s. department of education reports that 27 million adult americans have left school due to their inability to read and write.
- Analyzes the effects of illiteracy on americans, stating that they are isolated from the world and do not know how to reach out for assistance.
- Explains that the majority of adults living with illiteracy come from low-income backgrounds and experience financial hardship which makes it impossible for them to afford an education.
- Explains that illiteracy is still prevalent in the united states. the u.s. department of education reports that 27 million adult americans have left school due to their inability to read and write.
- Analyzes the effects of illiteracy on americans, stating that they are isolated from the world and do not know how to reach out for assistance.
- Explains that the majority of adults living with illiteracy come from low-income backgrounds and experience financial hardship which makes it impossible for them to afford an education.
- Opines that the rise in adult illiteracy is causing our government a financial burden to the economy.
- Explains that our government is building effective strategies to remedy this situation on adult illiteracy.
- Describes a few organizations that provide assistance to the community that is struggling with illiteracy.
- Explains that their elementary school supports read-a-book day, which coincides with ronald regan's "adult literacy awareness month."
- Explains that illiteracy is not partial to any race, culture, or religion. it can infect and spread to an entire community. the cure is education and awareness.
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