Within the United States, illiteracy affects many adults as well as children. Illiteracy refers to a neither individual who cannot read nor write. Our society has taken heed to what illiteracy is and how it can affect a person’s possibility for achievement, increase chances for psychological problems, as well as the chances of it being passed down from generation to generation. There are different forms of illiteracy including illiteracy that involves reading and writing skills and illiteracy that involves being aware of the world around you. The root of this problem can be traced back to an individual’s home life, environmental influences, and learning disabilities. The long term effects can include a hindrance on obtaining essential knowledge,
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By working towards new ways to help those who are illiterate is to provide assistance to those who are not privileged to many resources and to reiterate how important an education is. By
Lewis 2 doing this, we can raise the literacy rate and decrease the illiteracy rate of not meeting the standards of acquiring basic skills. Illiteracy is a problem that continues to be a problem within our world, but with continued efforts of our citizens, communities, and the government, we can fade away to long lasting effects of this epidemic, one by one.
Philosophy professor Ronald Nash (n.d.) has stated that in order to consider an individual illiterate, that person has difficulty and or can’t read (p. 1). Illiteracy can also be used to describe someone who is ignorant of the essentials of a specific area or art of knowledge (p.1). In addition, illiteracy can explain a person who falls short of an expected standard of completeness regarding a body of information or skill (p. 1). Lastly, illiteracy can describe an individual who has no prior schema about a particular subject …show more content…
2). The United States Department of Education estimates that functional illiteracy affects 24 million Americans and counting (p. 2). Each year, at least a million functionally illiterate students graduate from high schools with meaningless diplomas (p.
2). However, the level of illiteracy required for functional illiteracy varies from culture to culture
(p.2). A person living in a rural environment in a developing country may be able to complete most daily tasks without advanced reading skills (p. 2). Someone who lives in an urban environment with a strong dependence on technology must have a much higher literacy level to complete even simple tasks (p. 2).
Cultural illiteracy, another form of illiteracy, is a term created by author E.D. Hirsh, Jr.
(n.d.), in which he describes in his book that to be considered culturally literate is to posses the basic understanding and information to thrive in the modern world (p. 2). Hirsh identifies the cause of cultural illiteracy by stating “The theories that have dominated American education for the past fifty years stem ultimately from Jean Jacques Rousseau” (p. 3). Rousseau thought that a child’s social and intellectual skills would naturally develop without regard to the
By working towards new ways to help those who are illiterate is to provide assistance to those who are not privileged to many resources and to reiterate how important an education is. By
Lewis 2 doing this, we can raise the literacy rate and decrease the illiteracy rate of not meeting the standards of acquiring basic skills. Illiteracy is a problem that continues to be a problem within our world, but with continued efforts of our citizens, communities, and the government, we can fade away to long lasting effects of this epidemic, one by one.
Philosophy professor Ronald Nash (n.d.) has stated that in order to consider an individual illiterate, that person has difficulty and or can’t read (p. 1). Illiteracy can also be used to describe someone who is ignorant of the essentials of a specific area or art of knowledge (p.1). In addition, illiteracy can explain a person who falls short of an expected standard of completeness regarding a body of information or skill (p. 1). Lastly, illiteracy can describe an individual who has no prior schema about a particular subject …show more content…
2). The United States Department of Education estimates that functional illiteracy affects 24 million Americans and counting (p. 2). Each year, at least a million functionally illiterate students graduate from high schools with meaningless diplomas (p.
2). However, the level of illiteracy required for functional illiteracy varies from culture to culture
(p.2). A person living in a rural environment in a developing country may be able to complete most daily tasks without advanced reading skills (p. 2). Someone who lives in an urban environment with a strong dependence on technology must have a much higher literacy level to complete even simple tasks (p. 2).
Cultural illiteracy, another form of illiteracy, is a term created by author E.D. Hirsh, Jr.
(n.d.), in which he describes in his book that to be considered culturally literate is to posses the basic understanding and information to thrive in the modern world (p. 2). Hirsh identifies the cause of cultural illiteracy by stating “The theories that have dominated American education for the past fifty years stem ultimately from Jean Jacques Rousseau” (p. 3). Rousseau thought that a child’s social and intellectual skills would naturally develop without regard to the