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New Literacy Statistics Just Dropped, and it's grim. 50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labels (www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com)
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[–] SteevyT 6 points 1 day ago

When I designed store fixtures, the assembly instructions had to be written at a 3rd grade reading level, and even then were barely followed.