Comment by hollywood_court

never have been in Alabama, and i find that super interesting.

how does anyone end up borderline illiterate in the US for the last several decades? can kids drop out without passing reading, like drop out as grade schoolers?

I've read thousands of police reports. I would say this is true about their literacy, and their typing skills are equally horrible. They also generally really hate writing reports (which are almost universally never read) and tend to make them as short as possible.

Being able to read at a junior high level is literate. The average reading level in the US is 7-8th grade so she’s right in the middle.

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