The Illiterate Epidemic

Rebecca Graf
4 min readMar 15, 2021
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There are so many things we take for granted. We take things for granted as individuals and as a society. Everyone is on the same page, or at least that is what we think. One area specifically we make assumptions in is reading.

Society assumes that all adults has basic reading skills. The only exceptions we understand and accept are when the adult has a different language as their mother tongue and struggle with the…

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Rebecca Graf

Writer for ten years, lover of education, and degrees in business, history, and English. Striving to become a Renassiance woman. www.writerrebeccagraf.com