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Perfect_Ability_1190 t1_j5op138 wrote

American government: let’s keep cutting education

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BitsAndAss t1_j5op5hk wrote

Purposeful so that people like George Santos can eventually hold some type of political office.

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BigVariation3 t1_j5or18e wrote

I played Trivial Pursuit with my partner’s niece and nephew over Christmas. They had trouble pronouncing many bigger words. They’re 20 and 16. I think it’s a couple of things; because of the internet kids don’t read for pleasure as much growing up, or at all. Also, the pandemic stalled their in class learning for a couple years.

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Bubbagumpredditor t1_j5ox05o wrote

Can also be never hearing the words out loud I have a very comulent vocabulary but I never got the hang of phonics, so a lot of words I don't know how to pronounce until I have heard someone else say them.

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BigVariation3 t1_j5p72ed wrote

Lol I totally get that. My girlfriend makes fun of me because I’ll screw up some words I know but haven’t heard. The most recent being facade. 😂

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Gorf_the_Magnificent t1_j5ovtjy wrote

Not sure what the LPT is here. Always assume people are stupid?

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Pristine_Power_8488 t1_j5sfrnb wrote

No, it means don't assume that everyone has the privilege of having high reading skills and/or had the opportunity to acquire same.

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threat024 t1_j5orpx2 wrote

It blew my mind that a friend who had a college degree and had been in the military could barely count or add. We were playing blackjack and he literally had to count the symbols on cards to figure out how much he had in his hand. I think it's so easy to cheat your way through school now that people aren't learning basic skills.

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alexkirwan11 t1_j5osx5o wrote

dude just sounds like he was drunk or high

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threat024 t1_j5ot0kb wrote

Non-drinker and completely anti-drugs. He was the only sober one with us actually lol

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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_j5op74u wrote

We already know this, even if it's not explicitly known by everyone.

Pretty much everything you read is going to be written at a sixth grade level, because it's written to the lowest common reading level

The bad part is people overestimate their own abilities

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mjr4189 t1_j5oxnvk wrote

Don’t think this is much of a pro tip.

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BitsAndAss t1_j5op1lf wrote

And this is why we can't have nice things.

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kraenk12 t1_j5osyfx wrote

That explains a lot.

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No_Bend8 t1_j5ouoa4 wrote

An 18 year old I know, could not add 4 hours to 6pm and kept saying 9pm. Lol

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Voodoops_13 t1_j5p27nz wrote

This is why it's so easy for dumbasses to sit in front of Fox News and the internet being hand-spooned conspiracy theories. None of them can read (nor comprehend) actual information and statistics. They just run on a mix of ignorance and manipulated rage.

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