Blue Literacy In America

They have learned and continue to learn the art of production and self-government. In contrast to Luce, Wallace questions America’s ranking at the top of the world by saying it is unfair to put certain nations so far below us. In some nations, widespread education had only happened decades before, and since then the countries’ industrial advancements have improved drastically. He explains, “Russia, for example, was changed from an illiterate to a literate nation within one generation and, in the process, Russia’s appreciation of freedom was enormously enhanced.”

In Latin American countries, they have a very unique culture. With their holidays, music, celebrations, and art, the countries in Latin America never cease to bring joy in people’s lives. Latin American culture is vastly different than other cultures in many ways. In Latin America, the languages of Spanish and Portuguese are dominant and most people speak them. However there are people who speak other languages as well. Latin America includes nineteen countries and several territories. There are a variety of different ethnicities in Latin America including Mexicans, Europeans, and Asians. Education inside the Latin American culture still struggles. Only a little more than half of kids ages 13-17 advance into secondary school. Because of this, the crime and violence rates in Latin America are at an all time high. These countries have been rated as one of the most dangerous regions in the world because of how high the rates of crime and violence are.

About 93.52 percent of males and 95.61 percent of females above fifteen years old can read and write. (table ref 9). Moreover, based on a study by the OECD, investment in education in Mexico has been increasing considerably since the early 2000s. Mexico has been spending above the OECD average on educational institutions. As in 2015, government expenditure on primary, secondary, and tertiary education was 4% of GDP, OECD´s average being 3.8%. However, these efforts are still not enough to rank Mexico as the highest in Latin America. Countries such as Argentina, Chile, and Colombia have a higher percentage of their GDP invested in education. In addition, the proportion of students enrolled in public education is the highest of all Latin American Countries, table *ref10*public vs private ed. Enrollment in private education is low in primary and secondary levels, but in the tertiary level is considerably high. In fact, annual expenditure per student at the tertiary level goes up to 46 percent of GPD per capita. OECD´s average being 41 percent. Although these numbers are encouraging sings, according to the OECD, most Mexicans have a low educational attainment and the adults who have at least completed upper secondary education is the second smallest among OECD countries (Turkey being the smallest of

Literacy rates have declined at a rapid rate due to the neglect of available educational resources and opportunities. Our country has failed at preparing our youth and will continue to do so unless a change is made. A decline in literacy rates have been a result of many unnecessary changes that may lead our country into a literacy depression. Improper education, limited access to books, technology, and poor role models all has made literacy spiral downward. We should ask ourselves what we can do and not try to do in order to make literacy rates rise.

The United States is considered to be one of the biggest powerhouses in the world, but when it comes to education in the U.S, we’re consider to be average. How is it that other nations who aren't as powerful as the U.S, be ahead us in education? Examples of these nations are South Korea, Finland, and Poland. Amanda Ripley sought to find an answer to this question.

At 99,7%, Cuba leads the literacy ranking along with countries like Cyprus and Estonia. It also leads the world in the patient to doctor ratio (170), far ahead of the next best result (Belarus, 220).

Taking into account of many Americans, the act of reading is not apart of our daily lives as it was many years ago. Instead, the media has taken over and leaves us at a disadvantage of developing our minds. The level of proficiency, “Fell significantly between 1992 and 2005, from 40 percent… to 35 percent (Chronicle).” In spite of that, reading gives us the opportunity to get different perspectives, learn valuable lessons, and engage emotions that might not be sparked otherwise. The list can go on and on, however, even with all of these great benefits, the literacy rate in America is continuing to drop.

2) Is one region significantly more diverse than the other two? Support your answer using statistics, as we have done earlier in the course.

Considering I was not educated in America, I decided to rely on statistics for this part of the assignment as I cannot comment on the education system objectively. A survey conducted by National Geographic puts light on why many Americans are geographically illiterate. Fewer

As our young country has developed over the years we have become the most diverse nation in the world.

The ratio of people lacking of operational literacy in individual countries of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ranges approximately from 7% to 47% (UN Development Program, 2007).

Education varies across the world. Each country has their unique perspective on what they feel is necessary to teach their students to prepare them for their future. Many factors come into play when it comes to setting up a curriculum, such as culture and economics. Ireland is currently ranked as the ninth best education system in the world. Currently, Education in this country is free for everyone through the university level and their literacy rate is 99% (20 Best Education Systems In The World). The United States is surprisingly ranked as the fourteenth best education system in the world. All citizens have the

Pattern: There is a clustered pattern of low female literacy rates around Africa and the Middle East.

Many of the countries I visited as a child had an innumerable amount of different cultures and nationalities. If you were to just be dropped off in anyone of these countries and no one told you were you were it would be hard to make out were you are off site alone. Locations like Germany, France and even England are a melting pots of different ethnic back grounds. As you walk through the downtown areas you will hear so many different languages that it would be very difficult to make out what is what. However, that in my view is the beauty of it and is what makes these locations so interesting; the diversity and the beauty of surrounding yourself with different nationalities. Here in the U.S there are also many different ethnic groups but more so the ones you

Chicago serves as the best example for diversity. If we walk down on Devon Street, the area, which is located between western and California serves many communities. You could see Indian, Russian, Pakistani and Jewish shops, all side by side. When looked in closely shop-by-shop we see different cultural shopkeeper carrying