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More (not so) fun facts:

54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.

21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.

High immigration numbers don't fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.

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[โ€“] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

meaning is fungible and largely a product of the readers projection onto the authors words.

two-highly educated people can read a passage an come up with wildly different interpretations of it's meaning and context.

also why people think quotes are 'deep'. because they are decontextualized wells of personal projection.