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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Their parents aren't reading and can't write.

Our public ES in 3rd grade had parent volunteers to help students with writing 4 days a week. I volunteered several times with students and a few times when I pointed out grammatical errors, they would protest it was correct: "Susie's mom told me to do that." It was stunning.

The number of American adults who read a single book in a year is heartbreaking.  [/quote]

This. Many adults aren't reading. Many adults aren't writing. Adults doomscroll. Adults text. People used to read the paper. People used to write letters to each other. Nope.

What has happened in schools the last couple of decades is not good. But taxpayers have put pressure on schools to fail fewer kids, while communities are failing the kids in their own right. Kids are only at school 33% of their wakeful hours.

And that's if they go every day...[/quote]

Exactly. If adults can’t stop doomscrolling long enough to read substantive material, how do they expect children to?[/quote]

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