Illiteracy

Illiteracy The Problems of Illiteracy Illiteracy affects about forty-two million adults in the United States. Jonathan Kozol was so concerned over this matter that he wrote a book published in 1985 entitled, Illiterate America. In his book, he claims that people in power support illiteracy because it keeps them in power. He supports his claim by stating that nothing is done to educate illiterate people. It is true that there are few public programs that seek out and attempt to teach the illiterate to read. Many illiterate people, as Kozol points out, rely heavily on what others tell them. They put all of their faith into people that deceive and lie to them. However, there is little that responsible, caring, average citizens can do to help illiterate people with their struggles. There is no evidence that people in power are deliberately keeping the illiterate the way they are. Of course, it may seem that way. There are no social programs that are government sponsored providing free education to illiterate adults, and the issue of illiteracy is not a regular topic of discussion around election time. But Kozol never gives any clear answer as illiterate, people, read, kozol, illiteracy, adults, able, way, responsibility, power, out, government, citizens, programs, problem, essay, education, benefit, wrong, without, vote, topic, teach, states, society, seek, schools, problems, lie, keeping, keep, just, illiterates, educate, claims