Do you think illiteracy in our country is growing or declining?

Question

I have seen several people even on here who can't even spell simple words, do you think that illiteracy is acceptable in our society? I'm not talking about a few fragmented sentences or misspellings, almost complete illiteracy.

Maybe 'illiteracy' have given you fellow answers a different idea of what I was asking. I mean uneducated with little or no formal training as it states in the dictionary. I'm aware that foreign speakers cannot speak as well, I mean natural born and schooled in the USA can't spell 'feeling' or understand the concept of pronouns. I'm not trying to offend anyone, come on.

Answer 1

I taught in a public school for three years. The "powers that be" actually told me to stop grading for grammatical and spelling errors, saying all of my students would fail. That is a travesty. From my perspective as a teacher, ignorance (which is what I believe you are really asking) is on the rise. Despite compulsory education, it almost appears to me that we are reverting to a 19th century-like model with an educated few and masses of ignorance.

Answer 2

Definitely on the decline. There might be some littered here and there, but unlike in the distant past, people are schooling more in our days than in the past. There may be new comers who might not know to speak English as you do, that does not mean they are illiterates any more than you going to France and not speak cer' va? make you an illiterate.

Answer 3

In which country

Answer 4

Illiteracy is declining, however ignorance is on the rise!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Increasing!

Have you been in a chat room lately?

http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/oct1998/ill-o14.shtml