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College Students Lack Literacy
Frr writes to tell us that CNN has a rather disturbing confirmation of what many of us have already seen in practice. In a recent literacy study it was found that "more than half of students at four-year colleges -- and at least 75 percent at two-year colleges -- lack the literacy to handle complex, real-life tasks such as understanding credit card offers." The literacy study took a look at three different type of literacy: analyzing news stories and other prose, understanding documents, and having basic math skills needed for checkbooks or restaurant tips.
That used to be true, but I believe the Republicans rammed through a bill that makes credit card debt very hard to escape.
If you're going to try to vilify the Republicans for making it harder for people to welch on their debts, you're not going to gain the support of Democrats like me.