Short Essay On Literacy Vs Education
Essay Outline
• Introduction: Literacy in both the short stories Thesis
• First Paragraph: School Vs Education summary Stages of a Person has to face
• Second Paragraph: The cost of an illiterate society Illiteracy in the United States
• Third Paragraph: Compare two stories Differences between the two stories
• Conclusion: Choice depends on the readers They can choose either side
Praveen John
Prof. Columbus
EAC150
07 December 2015
Literacy in Education today Literacy, is that achievable by everyone? Yes, it is possible in one way or another way. Education is the key to success. Literacy is the ability …show more content…
The author describes the fact that many people buy grocery without even reading the labels. The story defines illiteracy through quotes from the people who are illiterate. In the modern world only one-third of the population have education. He leaves it up to the reader to define it for themselves through these different people’s experiences in everyday life as an illiterate person. The people who are shown in this story are fully grown adults who are unable to write or read. These people have difficult to do day to day chores. Since Kozol does not provide this information it makes it harder for the reader to completely understand or identify with these people and really know how it could be fixed. Literacy is given by different examples in each short story. The author believes that the illiteracy rate in the United States is a serious issue that affects not only the people who are illiterate but also those who are not. An example that was very shocking that he gives about how illiteracy affects them on a personal level is as follows, “A woman in Detroit brought home a gallon of Crisco for her children’s dinner. She thought she had bought the chicken that was pictured one the label. She had enough Crisco now to last a year- but no more money to go back and buy the food for dinner”(Norgaard
• Introduction: Literacy in both the short stories Thesis
• First Paragraph: School Vs Education summary Stages of a Person has to face
• Second Paragraph: The cost of an illiterate society Illiteracy in the United States
• Third Paragraph: Compare two stories Differences between the two stories
• Conclusion: Choice depends on the readers They can choose either side
Praveen John
Prof. Columbus
EAC150
07 December 2015
Literacy in Education today Literacy, is that achievable by everyone? Yes, it is possible in one way or another way. Education is the key to success. Literacy is the ability …show more content…
The author describes the fact that many people buy grocery without even reading the labels. The story defines illiteracy through quotes from the people who are illiterate. In the modern world only one-third of the population have education. He leaves it up to the reader to define it for themselves through these different people’s experiences in everyday life as an illiterate person. The people who are shown in this story are fully grown adults who are unable to write or read. These people have difficult to do day to day chores. Since Kozol does not provide this information it makes it harder for the reader to completely understand or identify with these people and really know how it could be fixed. Literacy is given by different examples in each short story. The author believes that the illiteracy rate in the United States is a serious issue that affects not only the people who are illiterate but also those who are not. An example that was very shocking that he gives about how illiteracy affects them on a personal level is as follows, “A woman in Detroit brought home a gallon of Crisco for her children’s dinner. She thought she had bought the chicken that was pictured one the label. She had enough Crisco now to last a year- but no more money to go back and buy the food for dinner”(Norgaard