Igens Literacy Skills

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iGens will be ready for their future jobs. They may not be up to par with the literacy skills but we will find a way. There are many ways to teach people basic literacy. You could have special classes on literacy. You could learn yourself by enrolling in classes on a computer during the summer. There are many more ways to fix those people with lacking literacy skills.
Many jobs need literacy. So us iGens need to do something about our literacy skills. If you named off a job i'm 100% that you will have to talk, read or write. So if us iGens can’t learn them basic skills we won’t be able to get them good paying jobs or even pass college.
There are negatives and positives of technology. The positives of technology are all the new websites that

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