I write this piece with a heavy heart and with hope and promise of a
future filled with a literate Missouri. Although this piece may not be read or
cannot be read to illiteracy.
It is a known fact that Missouri is currently 81.1% illiterate. Wow!
Literacy defined: Having little or no education: unable to read or
write.
With the fundamentals of a particular field of knowledge.
I remember a few years back my sister invited me to the graduation of one of
her good friends which she met through a site online called Chatempanada.com. The young man was proud and walking around showing this
big wad of money, it could have chocked a horse. I reached into my pocket and
pulled off a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to him a wad of money he had
gotten from his graduating cards, his pockets were bulging, and he was walking
around proud as a peacock counting his money. Someone suggested he read his
cards and he quickly became nervous; his; mom jumped to his defense and
offered to do it the kid graduated from Central high school and could not read I
walked up to the proud young man asked for my twenty dollars back and told
him when he learns to read I would give him back the twenty plus , plus interest
we have to stop patronizing our children and call out what is-what is!
