On 2016-11-11 11:36 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 11/11/2016 10:00 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
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>>>> Do we know if Melania can read ?
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>>> She went to university for a year.
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>> That would make her a drop out.
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> But still better educated that 35% of Americans.
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>>> It's not as if she's some moronic American who can barely speak
>>> and read English.
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>> Ouch.
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> According to a study conducted in late April by the U.S. Department of
> Education and the National Institute of Literacy, 32 million adults in
> the U.S. can't read. That's 14 percent of the population. 21 percent of
> adults in the U.S. read below a 5th grade level, and 19 percent of high
> school graduates can't read.Sep 6, 2013
>
> In Canada€¦ 42% of Canadian adults between the ages of 16 and 65 have low
> literacy skills. 55% of working age adults in Canada are estimated to
> have less than adequate health literacy skills. Shockingly, 88% of
> adults over the age of 65 appear to be in this situation.

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