squeeze berry
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The literacy rate in the US is 99%.
Spoken like a true Irritus graduate, bet you graduated at the top of your class.
"Literacy study: 1 in 7 U.S. adults are unable to read this story"
Literacy study: 1 in 7 U.S. adults are unable to read this story - USATODAY.com
"Tests reveal approximately 14% of American adults would have tremendous trouble with comprehension of reading and writing... The NAAL 5-year study provided data to clearly show how only 18 to 21% of the population qualifies as being highly literate. Level 1, the lowest on the scale was 21 to 23%. Among the lower literacy levels are the youth of America, particularly those who did not graduate high school or get their GEDs."
Read more at Literacy Rates In The United States"
about 10% of people have IQs below 85 so your 14% figure is likely accurate. There is nothing that can be done about that either.
IQs can not be increased. So what to do with those that are in that situation? no one has an answer