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Kind of a sorry state. And makes me wonder even more about our education system
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A lot of other factors besides the education system. I doubt very much if the school system has played a big role in encouraging people who like to read.
It has AfAIK been overall concerned with preparing people for the workforce.
Reading for enjoyment or self edification does not prepare one to work as a sales clerk or a truck driver, although of course many truck drivers and sales clerks do read for enjoyment and self edification.
Many people become functional readers through pursuing another goal, such as deciphering the TV guide or reading about their favorite celebrities in the tabloids. Blogs and facebook/twitter are also having an effect in this area.
Still many people don't seem to want to read books or even newspapers.
They sit in a restaurant, or on a bus (for days sometimes) without a book or a paper or an ipod/smartphone/laptop or any outside stimulous except their inner thoughts. In general they seem just fine with that.
To each his own I guess
Helen