[lbo-talk] U.S. working class: buncha morons

[Michael Dawson]

Yes, and where is there any proof that the lack of skills is causing anybody
to lose a job?  Isn't the lack of skills a consequence of the lack of jobs
demanding skills?  The topic of education is as big a scandal in this
society as ever, and it's even more deeply buried in capitalist bullshit
than ever...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]
> On Behalf Of Matthew Snyder
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:44 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] U.S. working class: buncha morons
> 
> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> quoted CG&C:
> > .        50% of the U.S. population aged 16-65 is functionally
> illiterate.
> 
> This statistic is, ironically, based on a rather poor reading of the
> NALS report from which it's drawn.  The real number is significantly
> lower.
> 
> See, for example,:
>   http://archive.ala.org/alonline/crawford/cf602.html
>   http://nces.ed.gov/naal/resources/92results.asp
> 
> Hopefully the updated version of the study, due in May of this year,
> will provide clearer data on which to base conclusions.
> 
> --
> Matthew Snyder
> Philadelphia, PA
> 
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