-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 May 2006 08:39, Rich Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where do these numbers come from?
If you would look back in the thread, you will find a flurry of links to the articles, with names, organizations and citations. > AFAICT, the 50% number is ~rate of functional literacy of those > _without_ a HS diploma or GED. Incorrect. That was the number of functional illiterates getting into community colleges. I could ask YOU to do more than "AFAICT" in a posting in which you yourself are asking for citations from others. > I have no idea what the source of your 90% number is. Then you haven't read the articles already posted. > I was under > the impression that in 1840 the overall US literacy rate was about > 40%. . "Under the impression" is at least better than "AFAICT". It still doesn't come up to the standard you are asking of others. > The CIA reports US literacy rate is 99% (//www.cia.gov/cia/ > publications/factbook/geos/us.html), and if thats what my > government says, it must be so, right? Your government has said a lot of things that have been demonstrated false. I suggest you find another source to back them up. Curt- - -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBRFY8Di9Y35yItIgBAQKkTgf/QtnzGaaWpWIHzu1lakPw5sGpJs6ZXGbt nOLULGdhKZTWY9+Y5TPAQuQIP0UFZ0y3W8VzDItqZMBIlVUezl82v5xHB7pN2ux/ hZ0d7a5VOB/kpKRnhmXCp4/gMfMp0Ip/XF++dWXH9qufCmgta9UqbOMpMWqrbjBN E+UgfRrx5rrZgP8vcp022fd1H666nzVRGlwa9IuKbSHCI+M88xFTKNk/Z0jNMl/A 0jZs3Fr0QBNG5ruCSUoedN8WtJ6p0Ei3Nt9z6wOZvXhIizoA+9vj1U8azL/RecKF Ok3aXXAANvDZqIRnOJiZA/5rnYrocbEPg8fS3gnVGbom7MTA9T3RIw== =4bNV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
