. This is truly total political illiteracy. This sort of illiteracy elected Bush and because of this sort of illiteracy, republicans and "conservatives" still have 40-45% of the country supporting them. This is an achievement of the system that took long time to get to that level.

... is an expert in finances. He has called this lack of knowledge on the part of most Americans as “financial illiteracy.” This was one of the main reasons for the foreclosure crisis. He said, “The two big camps that are ... , Michigan and all US States. Try to search foreclosures by state today! Expert Feels Financial Illiteracy Was One of the Main Reasons for the Foreclosure Crisis

Article taken from Education-Portal.com “Every year, at least two million adults considered to be functionally illiterate swell the ranks of Americans unable to read. If this critical problem isn’t addressed soon, society will most certainly pay the price. Illiteracy Statistics 42 million American adults can’t read at all; 50 million are unable to read at a higher level that

... read at the accepted minimum standard? Is the Minister aware that by year 7 only 15 per cent of indigenous children living in remote areas are able to read at the minimum required level, and that illiteracy is the primary factor in low school retention rates? Is the Minister aware that regular absenteeism, poor or unhelpful teaching, and a lack of understanding by teachers of the special needs of ...

I got this email from one of my 3rd grade teachers at school. I thought y'all might enjoy this. By the way, if you are on twitter, my speech twitter account is speechbob, feel free to follow me, I have several SLPs on my list from across the globe, not a bad way to network with other professionals. ~Bob How would you pronounce this child's name? She spells her name "Le-a" ...

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I have a college degree, but you know, I just don't know anything about mortgages and what's the right thing to do." When I heard a South Florida home buyer say this the other day, it sounded so familiar. I hear that sentiment so often, not just about mortgages, but about life insurance, investments, annuities, 401(k)s and mutual funds.

... not among them. I might be more convinced that Brown and Gallagher were motivated by a deep spiritual conviction rather than base animus if they didn’t evidence such biblical illiteracy. And I wonder if any of their followers even noticed… or cared. Copyright © Box Turtle Bulletin. All rights reserved. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. Publishing this feed&# ...

  News item: Top court backs Wal-mart in union dispute OTTAWA -- Canada's top court has ruled in favour of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a dispute over union organizing efforts at a store in Quebec. The case centred around a store that Wal-Mart opened in Jonquiere, Quebec, in 2001 and closed four years later after a union was certified to negotiate a collective agreement ...

Millions of additional dollars will fix the district's literacy problems. So proposes the Charleston County Schools Superintendent. Having been shown the light by the P&C's expose of the district's dirty little secret, McGinley now signs on wholeheartedly to going with the flow: "'We're not doing them any favors (by promoting)," she said. Oh, what a difference ...

"If you were in legal proceedings to be awarded a settlement, you may have heard certain terms thrown around, and one of them was probably structured settlement annuity . This is just another term for a structured settlement payment, which is what you would be receiving if you were awarded a large settlement. Payments are ordered for any settlement which could financially ruin ...

I ran across this article today, which talks about the dearth of scientific intelligence in American culture and education. It's an excellent article, but I found two sentences that I love because they explain completely my concern about the current misinformation campaign going on concerning global warming. Proponents of fringe ideologies are given equal time with the bulk of the ...

Having just read a slew of idiotic comments on Climategate, I'm appalled at the lack of understanding of science. A few things about science: 1) It's not a religion. Scientists argue, fight, smear each other and do all other things humans have been doing since we were living in the trees. But the final arbiter over time is what best satisfies the experimental data. Data changes the ...

today while routing in some books, i became re-energized in my plan to read one spanish easy reader a day. certainly, if i read a book a day in spanish it will help me to understand spanish better. no? but instead of an easy reader i couldn't help but read "if you give a pig a pancake" in spanish. what will happen if le das una panqueque a una cerdita? yo no se! why must i ...

Imagine this book written in a foreign language you don't know. You are asked to read and comment on it. So you look around to see what others who say they know they language have said, and you come up with commentary on your own. How valid is your commentary? This is what the so-called "controversy" about global warming is about. Non-scientists who don't know science or how to ...