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Re:My new favorite book of all time by morsch on Monday January 29, 2018 @01:54PM (#16259693)
When Oliver Twist was published (1838), a third of the British population couldn't read[1].

[1] https://www1.umassd.edu/ir/resources/laboreducation/literacy...

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Re:My new favorite book of all time by rjkennedy98 on Monday January 29, 2018 @02:05PM (#16259814)
14 percent of adult Americans demonstrated a “below basic” literacy level in 2003, and 29 percent exhibited a “basic” reading level.

That is with public education.

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