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Why, in a culture where nearly everyone can read, has access to a Bible, and has a church on every corner, is there such biblical illiteracy? I believe the answer to this question is to be found springing from the society we are a part of:

First, there is a diminished stress on education. We see this in lowered national standards. Lowered expectations. Lowered requirements. We emphasize “feeling good” about yourself and therefore we accept mediocrity. Defining educational excellence and striving for it is old-fashioned and exclusionary.

Second, there is an emphasis on “rights” over “responsibility.”  The phrases are so common they are…

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None shall remain illiterate

                Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate.

         When India was adopting Constitution of India, they specifically directed the state that they should take efforts and none should be left illiterate. They did not talk of proper education because they knew that they shall not be able to give proper education to the citizens of India and therefore, they talked about illiteracy and if we have an introspection, even this target could not achieved and we have wasted about six decades.

            We know what is proper education and that could mean that where the students are obliged to come for…

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this is more of an answer than a question, i see alot of questions about dollar generals literacy fund, The foundation was set up years ago by the owner of Dollar general, he was illiterate, and taught himself to read as there were no programs around at that time to help people read,and also teachers apparently didnt have the extra time to help kids that had learning disabilities, so the money people donate goes into the community for reading programs to help children and adults. I also think its very sad that people will buy a pack of baseball cards…

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We often see articles in newspapers or magazines about the shocking extent of poverty in America or some other English-speaking nation. But how often do the articles examine the cause of the poverty? I cannot remember ever seeing such an article. Many persons of influence — celebrities, educators, and politicians — bemoan the extent of poverty. Many of them want to help. Some of them actually do help, but the help is almost always something involving providing money or physical items to temporarily relieve the symptoms — the pain and suffering brought on by poverty. It is almost never something…

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Many native English speakers need to improve their English writing, and English teachers are working to meet this challenge. People today may text each other in abbreviated English and nonstandard spelling, often limiting their reading to cereal boxes over breakfast. Many people lack the background necessary to either teach well or write well. The past, however, is no different. There was no utopian era of writing. Thirty years ago television may have distracted people and eighty years ago radio. Before that people may have not had the time or been illiterate. To nostalgically remember a Golden Age where a high…

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• Educate the illiterate and get enrolled in computer course
  Lucknow, Nov 14 (IANS) To attract youth and encourage them to promote literacy in Uttar Pradesh, an NGO has said it will offer those teaching the illiterate an opportunity to opt either for a

• Guten Taaaag! Brahms | Know Your Meme
  The fad is based of a public service announcement from The Arts Council. It depicts a child asking what’s for breakfast, then Johannes Brahms played by actor Tom Konkle (http://www.daveandtom.com) smashes through a wall shouting “Guten Tag” (German for “Good Day!”). Although the PSA is intended to encourage art literacy in children,…

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A report recently published by Credit Action, a national money education charity, shows that by the end of February 2007, personal debt in the UK reached £1,310 billion – up by 10.5% since February 2006. In total, there is £116 billion more personal debt now than a year ago.

Another financial report reveals that consumer debt is increasing at a rate of £318 million per day and that roughly 300 people in the UK have to seek an IVA or declare themselves bankrupt every single day.

According to Citizens Advice, a registered charity for legal and financial advice, people are becoming…

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I doubt that anyone will disagree with me when I state that our society today in America is biblically illiterate. Specifically, I would define “biblically illiterate” as the following:

* Unfamiliar with the structure of the Bible. Most people could not explain why the Bible is split between Old and New Testaments. They cannot name the books of the Bible. That the books are grouped into certain categories is unknown to them. And, sadly, many people cannot even locate a verse of Scripture.

* Unfamiliar with the content of the Bible. Noah and Moses and Jesus are favorite stories, but are known only in…

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In the past, I have assumed that illiteracy is reserved for the third world countries, the mentally disabled, or some destitute inner city families. Then, in my late thirties, I became a non-traditional college student and began to understand the magnitude of illiteracy in America. Peer editing is definitely a revelation. Fellow students have failed to write complete sentences, spell correctly, avoid improper language, and construct proper paragraphs. I am shocked.

When the papers are graded and returned, I actually question a professor concerning my unexpectedly high grade considering the mistakes I see after turning in my paper. Sadly, she suggests…

3 Comments Category: Technology Literacy HELP
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We’ve been a nation for how long, about 230 years right? Yet during the course of that timespan, it seems as though while in technology we excel, we mentally regress!
For example, I’ve always thought: If Natalie Holoway was Nadia Holloway, or would the CrackerBarrel incident have been different if it had been Carson Daly’s mother.
It also seems like the same people that were hesitant to make Dr King’s birthday a national holiday had no problem celebrating Columbus Day. We can totally ignore a civil and equal rights activist, but in the same breath, can celebrate a man who thought he…