To begin with, one will find carrying out daily activities challenging without the ability to read and write in modern days. This is because illiteracy rate has decreased significantly compared to the past in most of the countries, and thus most people expect others to be able to read and write like themselves, notifying essential information in written forms and asking them to fill out forms in words in public facilities without anyone’s help. This indicates that one should be literate to perform basic tasks in everyday situations. A case illustrating this comes from the experience of my maternal grandmother who is illiterate. Several years ago, before I was born, she was able to go …show more content…
It goes without saying that all well-paid jobs require job candidates to have obtained some forms of education qualification, and for one to acquire it they must be literate beforehand. Even for positions that do not require qualifications, such as those in service sectors, many instructions or tasks come in the written form and there would be many occasions where the worker have to write in order to carry out requested tasks. This is supported by a news article from a South Korean station, which illustrates that 20 years ago the proportion of people who were illiterate among those having low-paid labor jobs was about 35 percent, whereas this year they constituted only about 8 percent. This highlights that being capable of speaking and writing is almost a pre-requisite for any job positions, and therefore without it one would have a slim chance of functioning as a proper member of the