In America, there are many problems that have to be dealt with. One of those problems is illiteracy. The number of people who cannot read or write is rising quickly. This is a huge problem in the United States that everyone should realize. America one of the highest illiteracy percentage compared to a lot of European countries. This is something that I, an American resident, am ashamed of. As other countries look to us for help and inspiration, we begin to look worse than them only because of some people of our population cannot read or write. It is embarrassing, and unfortunate to admit but it is true. And no reasonable attempts are being made by the government to improve the situation. The government is approaching the problem of illiteracy incorrectly, especially because the root of the problem is the children are not being taught the language.
The first possible cause of the problem is the fact that some parents neglect their children. At a young age, the child needs to be pointed in the right direction by the parent. But in certain circumstances, the parents do not even bother to enroll their children in school. They do not believe in any form of education probably because they were brought up the same way. The parents consider
In the end, who should care? The parents, the teachers, or the school board? And in truth, they all should. They all should care for simple reasons. Fact one being that because of illiteracy, new languages are being invented such as Ebonics. The government is totally off by creating such a language. They are basically saying that it is fine not to know the language of the country that you live in because we will make up a new one for you, and easier one. What kind of a message does that bring across to the rest on the country and the world? It says the Americans are too stupid to learn a language, eve their own. It shows that the government would much rather walk around the problem than stare it in the face. As all politicians...