Power of the Printed Word. Speaks of illiteracy

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        There are an estimated 1.3 billion of them in the world today. They can¹t read the newspaper nor write a letter to a dear friend. They can¹t fill out their own forms nor read great plays by Shakespeare and novels by Dickens. They are illiterates.         Not being able to read or write would be a big problem in todays world. Almost everything we do involves some sort of reading or writing. Whether it be driving and being able to read road signs to stay on track or just going grocery shopping where the ingredients section on a can of soup is a complete ...

... you do not go to school or you drop out you have a good chance of being illiterate or having only functional literacy. Illiterate people are not hopeless because there are now agencies like UNESECO and many community groups that are working to promote literacy.         I can¹t imagine what it must feel like not being able to read or write. Is it scary? Is it confusing? Is it a normal feeling? If we didn¹t ever learn to read and write we wouldn¹t have any written records to rely or look back on. Therefore we wouldn¹t be able to keep track of anything and our

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