Re: 11 million yanks cannot read.....at all !!!!!!

On 16 Dec 2005 12:56:59 -0800, IP_Standing@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
>phat boy slim wrote:
>> "Anthropy" <blah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:8096q1lu1nt7d5au7sfugmgcfc7g04hoco@xxxxxxxxxx
>> > This explains a lot?
>> >
>> > An estimated one in 20 US adults is not literate in English, which
>> > means 11 million people lack the skills to perform everyday tasks, a
>> > federal study shows.
>>
>> A Mr M Davis of Florida was reported to have commented "Not that many
>> illitersates left." and "Any wondr I address moroins like you as "dip***"?"
>
>If they had checked out the guntards posting to TPG first they would
>have reached the same conclusion without spending all those research
>dollars.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

http://www.un.org/socialsummit/speeches/296ukgb.htm
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland
Statement by Her Excellency Mrs. Tessa Jowell, Minister for Employment
11. Thousands of children in the UK have been leaving school without
even basic skills. 17% of 16 to 25 year-olds with difficulty in
reading and writing; 22 % with numeracy.
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