Thread: Are readers more educated than non-readers?
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Old 08-05-2011, 03:44 PM   #50
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post

President Harry Truman was our last president to not have a college degree. Uneducated? I don't think so. He was reportedly a voracious reader and often read classics in the original Latin.
High schools used to be a lot more challenging. In 1900, the only admission criterion for the large state school I attended was the ability to read classical Greek well.
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Now, we have a well-degreed president who has trouble reading in English.
No, he doesn't. He once stumbled reading a teleprompter. Can we keep political cr*p out of this discussion please?
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