| Not using audio books is just dumb! I would guess | | | | Each year we turn many of our children into adults |
| you are not reading books either. Are your kids doing | | | | that cannot read or write. That percentage of |
| their home work? Are they being assigned to read | | | | illiterate new adults has remained constant for over |
| books? Are they reading books on their own for | | | | 20 years. The percentage was and still is at 14% but |
| pleasure or for extra credit? | | | | now we have a population of 300 million an increase |
| If you are happy with what is going on in schools | | | | of 100 million over the last 20 years. |
| now a days then you are not paying attention. We | | | | That means that we have 42 million people that |
| are falling way behind the world. We are the greatest | | | | cannot read and write. That's pretty sad stuff. What |
| country in the world and still we are ranked 15th or | | | | does that say for our education system and the |
| worse in the world for our educational prowess. How | | | | politics behind them? |
| can that be? | | | | We have 6% of our population that is unemployable. |
| Our school systems are turning out average or below | | | | That unemployable number has remained constant |
| average people. There are about 5% or less that | | | | for over 40 years. When we assume that the 6% is |
| excel but that is not hard when you compare them | | | | also part of the 14% then we have the remaining |
| to all of the average or below average students we | | | | 8% that are working at mostly menial labor jobs or |
| have. Are you satisfied with the education you got | | | | sometimes jobs or spend a lot of time unemployed |
| or the education your children are getting? | | | | and on welfare. A large percentage of the 14% also |
| Here are 4 statistics that shows how are system fail | | | | vote on election day. How do they vote and for |
| us... | | | | whom are they voting for? Do you know! |
| 1). There is 14% of our population that cannot read | | | | Almost all of our politicians are lawyers. We don't |
| & write. | | | | trust lawyers yet we select them to run our country. |
| 2). Less than 2% of our population is controlling the | | | | Read more books or if your schedule is too hectic, |
| other 98%. | | | | get audio books to fill in the times when you or your |
| 3). Less than 5% of our school kids are above | | | | children can't read but could listen. If you really want |
| average students. | | | | to learn what you have just read, get an unabridged |
| 4). Less than 46% of our population has read two or | | | | audio book and listen while you read. You will retain |
| more books last year. | | | | more then you would ever believe. |