Question above is pretty blunt but was doing a study for a college course and came across that stat. How is that possible? My high school sucked but I was well equipped even with that sub standard level of education for college. Obviously income is a thing but to think 1 out of 5 American adults is categorized as illiterate is…astounding. Now poor media literacy I get, but not this. Edit: this was from a department of education report from 2022. Just incase people are curious where that comes from. It does also specify as literate in English so maybe not as grim as I thought.
Sorry I don’t think those numbers are accurate, there’s definitely some dummies in Michigan but nowhere near that many lol. I lived in Lansing and people there weren’t any dumber than they are up north where I am now. In fact, it really feels like the farther north you go the farther south it feels, if you catch my drift