Do you consider adult literacy to be an important issue?

Question

and why? Does it really affect our economies that much?

Answer 1

Adult literacy is very important.

The higher a person literacy skills are, means a person has better choices of employment, better income, better social status, better health care choices and economic wealth.

However if a persons literacy skills are poor, they are limited to the types of employment they can apply for, due to an inability to read or write well, if at all. Lowering their income, social status, economic wealth, and health care choices.

There is a fairly significant difference between the incomes, of the higher and the lower educated, which causes huge shifts in economic wealth etc, and the countries economies.

Many employers do spend substantial amounts to train and educate staff, to maintain productivity etc. So many employers will employ a highly educated person, over the lower educated.

There are many reasons why a person has poor literacy skills, it can be due to their families low income (vicious circle of poverty), poor health, family breakdown, drug & alcohol abuse, a learning disability, and in some cases some peoples unwillingness to learn.  

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yes.Unequivocally.

With language,we may express exactly that which we wish to say.

It certainly effects economies.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The word is poverty. I mean by that poverty of the mind. You only have to read many questions and answers on this forum to realize how bad the literacy is. I'm not perfect, but I try and write well as a matter of pride. I guess it's just that, people just have no pride in themselves these days.

I'm not certain the effect on the economy as such. Afterall, we have seen how bad President Bush can spell, yet he's still managed to be President.

Answer 6

It is important because look at how the lack of literacy is affecting the housing problem. People did not read and/or understand the documents that they were signing when they purchased a home with an insane mortgage.  Their lack of understanding has impacted our economy.