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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
From where did you get this title? It is rare to run across anyone who still has it, most of us stumble and drool too much to even be considered.
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Easy, most Americans only read at an 8th grade level that is why the author James Patterson is so popular because they write books at a level most Americans can actually read at. Before that it was Stephen King. Once, a student reaches the lowest stage of reading, the elementary level, the American school system assumes the student knows how to read but there are two higher reading levels after elementary reading : analytical and syntopical. Analytical reading is supposed to be a highschool reading level (even though most Americans read only at the 8th grade level) and syntopical reading is supposed to be college level even though college kids don't reach it, nowadays, until graduate school.
Americans score poorly on the international PISA scores even a small insigificant member state of the EU, Ireland, scores higher than the USA in math, science and reading.
Basically, I read a book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren on how to read at higher levels. It is not easy ,at first, it is like learning how to ski but since I read the book years ago I am now an expert reader.
Anyway, that is my opinion why the Kindle adds training wheels features to the kindle. The Barnes and Noble Nook has zero training wheels and people mistake this for crappy firmware/software.