unbelievable...

Romania
January 26, 2007 4:07am CST
Although reading is now a primary means for most people to receive information this has been the case only for the last 150 years or so — with some exceptions only a small percentage of the population in any country was literate before the industrial revolution. and there are many illiterate people around the world...
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@brihanna (381)
• United States
28 Jan 07
What is really sad is the amount of people who are still illiterate, or people who say they don't like to read, or don't read well. How does this occur? I consider myself very fortunate to be able to read, and to enjoy reading. One of my favorite quotes (one that my kids hate!!!) is "If you can read, you can do anything." I believe this with my whole heart. Which makes me think, that there is nothing I can't do.
@chrchldy (41)
• United States
27 Jan 07
it is not our job to judge them we have not walked in their shoes maybe they had to quite school to take care of a sick parent maybe they had a disability like dyslexia or adhd the lord says do on to others as you do four yourself who it may be Jesus him self testing us I'm not perfect but if i see someone like that i try to help them even if it is only in prayer.look how god healed the leopards there a lot of people misforshionate he had murcy and grace for them thank you for the wonderful debate and god bless you www.mylot.com?ref=chrchldy
@perugu (5279)
• India
26 Jan 07
hi,Thats true...as the literates are growing one side and the growing of population in third world countries are also growing much higher and the illiterate percentage is more.The governments should concentrate more on primery education and health for all.
@deepuj (591)
• India
26 Jan 07
Ya especially in a country like indian ,still 40% ppl. are illiterate but ,good news is all this is changing , n changing fast, our litracy rate is increasing , n so is education, thats we can see so many indians using internet ,n i hope same is the case in all the countries.