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Literacy in the US - is it as bad as Wikipedia makes it seem? (wikipedia.org)
1 point by dangoldin on July 22, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


The US census says that the US has a 99% literacy rate but I'm sure they are overestimating. On the other hand, the Wikipedia article says the rate is closer to 80%.

Does anyone have any insight on this? The definition if literacy is pretty subjective but I think we can all come to some agreement.




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