I found this podcast from this reddit-logo post:

I subbed today for a 7th and 8th grade teacher. I’m not exaggerating when I say at least 50% of the students were at a 2nd grade reading level. The students were to spend the class time filling out an “all about me” worksheet, what’s your name, favorite color, favorite food etc. I was asked 20 times today “what is this word?”. Movie. Excited. Trait. “How do I spell race car driver?”

I’ve only listened to one episode so far, but it’s really well produced, seems well-researched and very well put together.

From what I gather so far, the ways that the American public school system “teaches” kids how to read is not only completely wrong, but actually saddles them bad habits which fundamentally hinder their reading comprehension.

A huge swath of American adults are functionally illiterate, and I think I’m starting to understand why.

  • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    stupid as fuck and cannot for the life of them realize that they are being swayed by propaganda

    These doesn’t have anything to do with being ‘stupid’. It’s a matter of choosing theoretical frameworks for navigating the word. I don’t see any non-arbitrary reason for choosing a framework that writes-off most of common discourse as propaganda, even if that’s the path I chose based on the contingencies of my own life.