Illiteracy
Imagine the person sitting next to doesn’t have basic reading or writing skills, let’s say around 1 in 5 people in this classroom do not know how to read what is up on the board. The ability to read and write can be the difference between a life of hardships or a life lived comfortably, to address this issue across a continent would mean the ability to deal with other problems economically as well as socially resulting in a healthier society overall. Well across the world around 800 million adults deal with this problem not including young children or teens, furthermore ⅔ of that 800 million are women affecting the community as a whole as mothers and sisters are usually the educators of the family and the community. We know this to have greater effects on underdeveloped and developing countries because they don’t have the public education system like wealthier countries.
Countries like the U.S, France, England, and Germany have illiterate citizens however the illiteracy rate isn’t as prevalent. This is due to the access to public education and the right each man, woman and child has in these developed countries. Education in “Rich ” countries are thought to be the best in the world, however there are schools that fail to meet expectations. This can be due to many reasons like lack of funding, irresponsible students, and negligent staff. Nothing is ever truly perfect, but when it comes to an education system, it should be the best it can be. But this won’t happen as more and more funding is cut from public school budgets; like for example Illinois. Where political corruption has caused the mismanagement of tax dollars mainly affecting the education system. On the other hand when we look at a developing count...
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In conclusion, Illiteracy is rampant in parts of the world that is underdeveloped, or developing this can help solved through the improvement of the educations of both sexes, almost 800 million adults in the developing world lack this right. As well as women who make up ⅔ of that number. The measurement of the society shouldn’t about how much money they make but the way both sexes are treated especially when it comes to education. However the developed country can still do some improving because they have small amounts of illiterate among their population and the school system should always be adapting to the new information and technology that comes out every year. But Illiteracy is a big issue however as the world becomes more interconnected it will be easier to solve this epidemic.
As the world advances through the modern age of information and connectivity, having a literate society is crucial to being able to work effectively with the outside world. Jonathan Kozol’s book, The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society, portrays the life of illiterates in the modern world and argues that society has an ethical obligation to fix the problem of illiteracy. Kozol believes that illiteracy has the greatest effect on the education of current and future generations, the way food is consumed and wasted, and various economic costs to both illiterates and those around them. Kozol’s main point throughout his book is that society as a whole needs to face the problem of illiteracy, as not one single group or person can do it on their own.
Whether it is unqualified educators or intercity school, the classroom also can effect how we learn to read and write in America. Too many children do not reach the proper level of literacy and as a result, it is one of the reasons for high school dropouts, and more and more juveniles becoming a part of the legal system. According to the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), two-thirds of students that cannot read by the end of fourth grade will end up on welfare or in prison. If a child lives in an area were the majority of the community is more poverty-stricken then the rate of literacy and education quality drops largely. There is a huge relationship between poverty and illiteracy. It effects the child’s development and their academic performance in classrooms. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, 22 percent of children in the United States are living in poverty and it is greatly hindering the child’s ability to learn. It becomes increasingly more difficult for the student and the teacher. The limited exposure to books at home becomes more noticeable in the classrooms and the teacher is unable to teach at the desired level. Many of the classes across the country have multiple literacy levels in the classrooms and the educators are unable to cater to all the students needs. As a result, many students are not able to grasp the material and fail to meet the level of literacy for that grade
As well as having that opportunity of receiving a good education. It not fair that the children being raised in poor countries don't have a chance of becoming educated and bettering their life. "Almost 70 million children across the world are prevented from going to school each day." (Jessica Shephard) The children being raised in these countries such as Somalia and Eritrea do not get a choice in life to be successful. An education correspondent states "Somalia has the least functional system in the world with just 10% of children going to primary school, while Eritrea is second worst." (Jessica Shephard) How can the these innocent children ever better their lives without any kind of education background or knowledge being provided? Some kind of education program needs to step up and prevent this injustice act from occurring. States and Countries that have high percentage of children receiving education, should have enough cushion in finances to help decrease the percentage of poverty stricken children not receiving education at least by a quarter. Although, it is not these other States and Countries responsibility to help poverty stricken countries. The overall point would be together they all make up the world and should want to better that by providing others with appropriate
According to Reutter, Veenstra, Stewart, Raphael, Love, Makwarimba, and McMurray (2005 p. 518), “Affordable housing was deemed especially difficult to obtain by 96%, but other resources (obtaining healthy food, giving children a good start in life, and engaging in healthy behaviours) were also viewed as challenging by at least 70% of respondents.”. Poverty has now become of the biggest issues in the world, with devastating effects on life opportunities, more severe in third world countries than first world, but still heavily present in both. Each place has its own unique causes such as personal/familial (Rank, 2001), local/environmental (Murry, Berkel, Gaylord-Harden, Linder, & Nation, 2011) and national/systemic (Ferriss, 2006). Some of the effects are mental health (Kuruvilla, & Jacob, 2007), lifestyle (Reutter, et al, 2005), employment (Rank, 2001), and education (Pagani, Boulerice, Vitaro, & Tremblay, 1999). However, there are always solutions such as policies (Duncan, & Brooks-Gunn, 2000) and financial backing from the government, such as the child defence fund (Sharpe, 1996).
We can do so many small things that could affect many. We can donate things we don’t need, old clothes that don’t fit anymore, food, and money. Give unwanted things to people who need it. Spare some change just out of generosity and invest money as a society to get enough money to donate. Besides these small things, we aren’t making much of a difference. Educating youth is what the government can do to help stop poverty. By educating children, they can get jobs when they are older and be qualified for them. They can start earning salaries high enough to support themselves and possibly their families with what they need in life. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” as said by Nelson Mandela. Creating more available work that doesn’t require education and at least earns enough for the basic needs in life is another thing we can do. It is very important to educate children for both the child’s own benefits and to help stop the cycle of
Have you ever witnessed someone just grasp a concept? Did you watch their eyes light up and their smile grow? Don’t you think that everyone deserves this experience? 46% of people are uneducated; the majority of these people live in third world countries. With this, I shall state that there is not enough funding coming from first world countries going towards the education systems in third world countries. Many of the world’s problems will be solved through an education- education is the key. We have grown up being told to help the less fortunate but the best way to help the less fortunate is to teach the less fortunate how to help themselves. Three of the many things that can be accomplished by this overall low-cost act are:
There are countless causes of poverty in under developed countries such as overpopulation, disease, and how the government distributes its wealth. When you have people in developing countries have far too many children than they should and don’t have the means to take care of them you get overpopulation, when you get overpopulation you get less job opportunities, and when that happens you people who can’t take care of themselves or their children. Two factors have been shown that correlate with overpopulation which is poverty and education. When you have higher education in a community you will tend to have a decrease in birth because when people get education especially in women you will have a decline in birthrates because when they get their education they usually want to get a good job. (Poverty and overpopulation).
This nation has a problem: more of its citizens rely on the federal government for help than to support themselves with a full time job. Poverty has many negative effects on the people who suffer from it and on the economy. Everyone needs to be made aware of poverty and the many negative effects it has on people. There are things that could be done to help reduce the amount of people that are in poverty. Reducing poverty would decrease health risks, strengthen the middle class, and help the democracy.
Poverty is unavoidable and one of the world’s biggest problem. The World Bank estimated that billions of people were living in poverty. Although there are people living in this state of condition, they are people in the developing countries who live in worst condition. “Poverty is the worst form of violence” Mahatma Gandhi. People in the developing countries are a greater risk of absolute poverty. Billions of people living in developing countries lack access to a clean environment therefore; this leads to diseases and malnutrition. Millions of people die each year from these diseases “ being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody is much greater hunger, A greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat” Mother Teresa.
This can be done by constructing buildings, for instance, schools which are going to decrease the percentage of illiteracy and this is the best solution. There is only one limitation for the solution which is the financial source, as if it was not huge amount there can be projects which will end, but it can be overcome by the satisfactory and trustworthy reputation and this can make people to trust the organization and donate more money. There are numerous pros for this solution that otherwise its cons. Education is one of the very powerful weapons that if used wisely is going to have a great influence not only for the educated person but even for the society. Firstly, education gives happiness as the child will be expecting a fruitful future because they are going to be self-dependent due to fixed salary which will raise the standard of living. According to an article called “Why is education important in life” they mentioned that because it gives the skills and tools for any person so they can explore the world, as without education it is difficult to communicate, read or even write. Furthermore, it will make the child more aware of the diseases which they may encounter due to bad nutrition or if they touch the blood of others or undergo sex with multiples, according to an article called “We
As developed countries quench their thirsts for petrol, developing countries around the world are left behind, force to watch on without any help from the outside community. Being poor means to be disadvantaged in every single way. It means not being able to support yourself or your family or have the basic necessity to life. Without substantial help for these helpless people then we should be feeling guilty that we are living lives far better than what others are experiencing. Poverty may because by wars, disease or lack of education and infrastructure and the resulting consequences may be hunger, starvation, crime and ultimately death. If poverty is not eradicated then injustice will continue, increasing death tolls and lives.
It is noticeable that the system of education is changing from time to time based on financial issues and how the world is growing. In the past, individuals taught the education system from the oldest member of the family to children, and their members were charging fees from the families that sent their children to them. Which meant that education was an important thing in all ages. Nowadays, the education is shaped to an official system run by professional people in governments and many countries invest high amounts towards education which makes evidence of how important it is in our current life. Every country has a different system of education based on their financial stability, government infrastructure and the standard of the government officials. It is noticeable that there is a big difference between the education in developing countries and the prevailing system in developed countries .In my essay I will discuss some reasons for these differences...
Has anyone ever considered thinking about what the world is really going through? How many people don’t have the necessities in order to survive? If so, what are these people going through? Poverty is the state of one who lacks a standard or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Sometimes events occur that changes a person’s perspective on life. Poverty is one that can have a huge effect on not only one person, but also the people around him/her. Over half of the world is going through this tragedy and we, being the ones who created it, have the responsibility to end it.
According to the most recent statistics in the World Education Report, a study released last year by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, almost one-quarter of the world’s population, or 905 million individuals between 15 years of age and adulthood cannot read. Women account for 65 percent of the globe’s illiterate population. That’s more than half! Many women become and are dependent because of this problem. Illiteracy rates among females in some South Asian and African countries reach 80 percent because of culture. In Nepal, 93 percent of women over 30 live without being able to read. The majority of women that have this problem are due to:
While the industrialized nations of the West are known for advanced education levels and systems, such a concept is not commonly found within Asian countries. Literacy rates within Japan are at full capacity while India’s numbers reside much lower with literacy rates among adults at 61%. As for the wealthier Asian economies such as Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Singapore, the Philippines and China, rates are scattered among the 90th percentiles, as the ability to reach full literacy has not yet been attained. The opportunity to learn to read and write is not a guaranteed notion within the Asian countries, and not as heavily enforced as it is in the western civilizations. In fact, in regards to educational attainment, studies show a variety of numbers among Asian countries ranging from 0.45 in India to 0.883 in Japan.