Problem #22: Literacy
My Mum’s a reading teacher, so here’s a problem near and dear to her heart. SImply put, the US has achieved a dubious distinction: a near-universal level of negligible literacy. My solution: turn off the blasted TV. In the 1930s and 1940s, before the near-universal presence of TVs, the US was arguably the most literate nation in the developed world. If people read more, and watched less TV, the US could achieve this again.
Ah, but who am I kidding. I’m sure there’s a great episode of “America’s Next Top Survivor” on in 20 minutes that you’ve just got to watch. Good idea. Maybe it can distract you from the fact that kids in other countries are studying calculus while you’re voting for who won a karaoke contest.
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