Another Republican Sen. has a Dirty Little Affair

[David]

Originally Posted by markolas

Well, unless you want a 25% literacy rate.

If you define literacy in the silly way the schools do (that is, the ability to read practically all the letters & some words), then the country has a high literacy rate. But if you define literacy the way I & Richard Mitchell do (that is, the ability & the inclination to distinguish sense from nonsense, fact from opinion, reasoned inquiry from persuasion & cajolery, data from sales pitch, & metaphor from simile -- in short, the ability & the inclination to pay thoughtful attention in language, which is exactly what is not taught in public school), then the country's literacy rate is well below 25% already!

I'd like to see the Department of Ecudation ("Quality Ecudation Doesn't Come Cheap! ran the old motto) dismantled & left flapping in the breeze, like a scarecrow. Think of all the money we might save.