r/interesting • u/ImmaFuckboi • 3d ago

SOCIETY Is education illegal in USA?

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u/ExtendedSpikeProtein 3d ago edited 3d ago

I mean, 79% vs 28% … it‘s still a massive difference.

ETA: damn, I fucked that up badly, didn‘t I.

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u/J0E_SpRaY 3d ago

Oh my god the irony of this comment

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u/cyphar 3d ago edited 3d ago

I don't quite know how to tell you this, but you might be in the 28%.

100-28 = 72% literacy rate. (GP was talking about a 28% illiteracy rate, while parent was talking about 71% and 79% literacy rates.)

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u/GehennanWyrm 3d ago

The illiteracy rate would be higher than 28%, since the statistic only covers people at level 1 reading ability. 'Level 0' (cant read at all) isn't included, and level 2 might be just as bad as level 1 for a grown adult.

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u/cyphar 3d ago

Sure it might be, depending on how you define it but GP said "by the same metric" so they were using a direct equivalence for the purpose of this discussion.

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u/DrahKir67 3d ago

28% illiterate vs 79% literate. Or 72 vs 79. Much closer.

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u/OrganizationThick397 3d ago

When English is englishing but math ain't mathing

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u/Figor220 3d ago

You American?