Illiteracy shockingly high in L.A.

LA Daily News ^ | 9.9.04 | petconservative

[petconservative]

Continued immigration and a stubborn high school dropout rate have stymied efforts to improve literacy in Los Angeles County, where more than half the working-age population can't read a simple form, a report released Wednesday found. Alarmingly, only one in every 10 workers deemed functionally illiterate is enrolled in literacy classes and half of them drop out within three weeks, said the study by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles.

[theDentist]

Shockingly High? I'm not shocked at that revelation.

[Mike Bates]

Little wonder it's prime 'Rat territory.

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[RockinRight]

But I thought the Democrats were going to solve all that!
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[gunnygail]

But if you ask the nimrods at the National Teachers Assoc, all is well in LA. There is no problems there.

The DUMBING DOWN of America continues on the Left Coast.

[cwiz24]

This does not surprise me in the least. Illegal aliens have no need to learn to read or write English because all their needs are met in the U.S.. They get free everything even though they broke our laws. And the ones that dropout of school after three weeks are probably children of these illegals--just following the excellent example set by their parents, after all.

[RockinRight]

My thoughts exactly. We should go to LA on Election Day and say..."Oh, you want Kerry? OK, its spelled B-U-S-H so make sure you vote next to that one."

Well, only Democrats would actually do that though.

[Repairman Jack]

Que?

[joesnuffy]

quick raise taxes and get illegal aliens tutors to bring them up to speed...

[AmericanCheeseFood]

Use some budget, deport illegals, problem solved.

[Question_Assumptions]

So, are they using phonics or "whole language" instruction?

[gubamyster]

ping

[Oldeconomybuyer]

It's Bush's fault.

[mlbford2]

Make Spanish 1st language. Problem solved.

[FreedomSurge]

Mexifornia here I come
Right back where I started from....

[pogo101]

I liv in El Ay an I don cee wat the poblem is.

[hobbes1]

KInd of explains the Democratic vote totals in LACounty, doesn't it.

[Dad2Angels]

Why should they learn to read English?

As far as they are concerned the invasion of America is proceeding on schedule and, with the help of our complicate politicos, spanish will soon be the official language of the southern tier of states and English speakers will be the illiterate ones.

[Turbo Pig]

I'm not shocked at that revelation.

Niether are a lot of L.A. residents, apparently because they can't read the headline :-)

[Morgan's Raider]

......"Oh, you want Kerry? OK, its spelled B-U-S-H so make sure you vote next to that one."

Duh, how d'ya draw a "Bee"???