thereisnospoon
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I once read a news item that told of how the English language was taught during the 19th century. It also discussed the types of exams taken and some sample questions were provided. Most students today could not graduate from high school if they were subjected to those standards.Yeah, just what country needs, one room schools houses, classes taught in churches, and a literacy rate of 50%.
In the days of the one room school house this country had a literacy rate of over 90%
What are you, stupid?
National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) - 120 Years of Literacy
1870 = 20%Percentage of persons 14 years old and over who were illiterate (unable to read or write in any language), by race and nativity: 1870 to 1979
1920 = 6%
1979 = 0.6%
In the hundred years preceeding the appearance of DOE, almost everyone became literate.
Gee How did this happen without the DOE?
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