How important is literacy?

Answer 1

The importance of literacy is beyond measure. An illiterate person is at a disadvantage in every aspect of life w/in society. Illiteracy influences employability and therefore quality of life. It is a sad fact that in spite of the efforts of many educators, volunteers, political representatives/funding, etc. there are still many illiterate people in the US. As a reading teacher of Title I/ESL students, I find that part of the challenge is that many of the children are from families where parents are working 2 or more jobs, and simply are not home to read to/listen to their children read. Another challenge is that many people focus a lot on the technical aspects of teaching someone to read, and they leave out teaching the pure enjoyment and lovely intimacy of sharing a story with their children. Literacy should be a number one priority for us all, because the more literate our society is, the better the quality of life will be for everyone. Volunteer to help someone learn to read today! Do it! Go on now...... :)

Answer 2

Literacy is extremely important. The ability to not only read but understand what you read is akin to learning to walk. Without literacy you are doomed to a world without comprehension, without understanding, without knowledge. The goal of communism is to keep the masses illiterate by taking away all books so as to control them.

Answer 3

In fact, I think, literacy is as important as numeracy for all advancements of mankind in relation to knowledge, skills and values any country needs to nurture and develop. Unless we educated ourselves via literacy some thousands of years ago, we might still live in the caves.

Answer 4

Literacy is as important as speaking. The reason I say this is because to obtain knowledge we have to be able to read and process what we are reading. Without it little knowledge can be obtained. It's like stunting your growth physically if you start smoking at a young age. By not reading you stunt your mind mentally.

Answer 5

Have you read " A Judgement In Stone , " by Ruth Rendell ?
In it , she makes it very important .
In countries like India , there still are people in rural areas who have lived long , successful lives without ever feeling the need for literacy . I pity them , for they know not what they have missed .

Answer 6

Very Important. Highly important. It is the widest way of passing information between one person to the next. It isn't all about being able to read ABC's as we know them because different cultures have different ways of writing.Just the ability to read and understand information.Moreover, the right to information is seen worldwide as a fundamental human right.

Answer 7

Literacy is how fond you are with a certain stuff..

Answer 8

The question surprises me. Nowadays, if you are illiterate, you just cannot function, unless you live as an outcast, separated from everybody

Answer 9

..sO iMpOrtAnt tHaT bEinG "iLLitErAtE" cAn dEscRibE yOu aS 'iGnOrAnt'! dO yOu wAnT tO bE OnE?!

...bEiNg abLe tO rEaD, wRiTe aNd sPeAk [nOt oNLy yOur mOtHer tOngUe] mAkE eAcH pEopLe fAr diFFirEnT fRoM oThEr cReAtuReS.. gEtZ?

...oNcE yOu aRe "iLLitErAte", dOn't bOtHeR tO gO oUt oF yOuR rOoM.. cOz yOu wiLL dO nO gOoD.. mEaN , yAh, bUt tHat's tRuE..

..iMagiNe a pErsOn trAvELLinG bUt dOeSn'T kNow hOw tO rEaD Or cOmmUniCaTe..

hOpE mY pErsOnAL pOinT cOuLd cOntriBuTe tO yOu a Lot!

Answer 10

Try to get a job without it.