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Most Americans can't read past an 8th-grade level, and that shocks hell out of me. When I was in 6th-grade, standardized tests pegged me at "college level", which I figured was utter bullshit, thought I was being buttered-up somehow. Turns out it was true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States
This explains so much about all the stupid shit I see. Most Americans literally aren't literate enough to follow a piece of literature, would struggle with any given novel.
“There was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting. And I believe that time can come again!”
I used to think that movie was implausible.
Mike Judge must have psychic abilities or something because literally everything in the movie is coming true rofl.
They don't teach the basics of colonization in school. In school books, the Pilgrims all came over on the same boat and they were all equal. The reality is that some folks came over with a lot of money and some were indentured servants. The rich got much, much richer and their children haven't had to work since 1600 AD
Mmm yea good point. That's a good observation.
Man Mike Judge is great. Between Common Side Effects and the KotH renewal, Judge fans are eating good.
Common Side Effects was stunning. Absolutely recommend.
Except that he thought the problem was not enough eugenics instead of a conspiracy to return the people to that state of ignorance
Fair enough. But the end result is the same haha.
That's one reason so many people cling to quick catchy slogans and memes, or let good looking people spoonfeed them on TV. Reading Is soooo haaaaaarrrd!
I have a coworker who need help with basic sentences. English is her first language. I have a coworker who speaks English as a second language. Her English is flawless.