The United States of America is privileged to have books to read and multiple ways to share information. Other countries have very limited or absolutely no access to information that citizens of America can easily access. Yet, the U.S. has many illiterates across the nation. It is reasonable that Jonathan Kozol places the responsibility of providing illiterates with enough knowledge and resources on the people that are literate in his article “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society” because they are aware of these issues. The individuals who are illiterate do not know, understand, or see the importance of literacy. How can anyone criticize the illiterates while they are not being lead into a higher level of literacy? Criticizing will only
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Kozol writes, “One of the wisest of those Founding Fathers (one may not have been most compassionate but surely was more prescient than some of his peers) recognized the special dangers that illiterates would pose to basic equity in the political construction that helped to shape.” He is writing about Socrates. It reminds readers of an individual who formed an Academy for his own language to explore many points of view. Socrates believed and was able to open up students’ mind to many perspectives while still educating them. Like Socrates, the future and current leaders of society should not neglect illiterates to help this generation and many more to come. Although he did not have the best attitude, he made one of the greatest impacts on the world of literacy because he did not ignore them. Current and future leaders should also take many positive examples from Socrates for the better of society and themselves. Not matter what undesirable personality traits Americans have, they should find a way to fix or overcome their attitudes to help the illiterates on their low level of literacy. If this was possible during Socrates lifetime, it is possible in this generation. Waiting too long to fix the problems of illiteracy in America will only create
Kozol writes, “One of the wisest of those Founding Fathers (one may not have been most compassionate but surely was more prescient than some of his peers) recognized the special dangers that illiterates would pose to basic equity in the political construction that helped to shape.” He is writing about Socrates. It reminds readers of an individual who formed an Academy for his own language to explore many points of view. Socrates believed and was able to open up students’ mind to many perspectives while still educating them. Like Socrates, the future and current leaders of society should not neglect illiterates to help this generation and many more to come. Although he did not have the best attitude, he made one of the greatest impacts on the world of literacy because he did not ignore them. Current and future leaders should also take many positive examples from Socrates for the better of society and themselves. Not matter what undesirable personality traits Americans have, they should find a way to fix or overcome their attitudes to help the illiterates on their low level of literacy. If this was possible during Socrates lifetime, it is possible in this generation. Waiting too long to fix the problems of illiteracy in America will only create