by Warren » Oct 2, 2002 @ 11:45pm
I just learned today in English class (from an article we had to read) that 70 million (1/4) of Americans can't read or write well. 40 million of those 70 million can't read or write AT ALL. The other 30 million are just really bad at it. It said that the US is the worst 1st world country with literacy because of a "careless education program, passing illiterate children along without a care". I just thought it was funny, so I brought it up. Oh, and really stupidly, the article blamed it on the Internet...yeah, you don't READ the Internet~~~ Jeez, if anything the Internet OBVIOUSLY encourages reading. Look at what you're doing RIGHT NOW, you're reading this. Therefore, the Internet is making you literate.
Sandmann, what are you talking about? Europe is the only place where you can "go to the local marketplace". They have bakers, fruit stands, chocolate shops! We have big corporate supermarkets. It's just more cultural there. Like refractor said, about feeling safe in a city. If you're in Boston after dark, you're screwed. There's rapes on the streets of Boston 1 out of every 3 days. The police give out whistles to women to use at night time. Do you think people are attacked, mugged, or murdered in the streets of Paris after dark?! NO! That's when the life happens. I mean, after dark, what place is safer and livelier, Barcelono, Spain, or Vancouver, Canada? My point is, don't be close-minded about the world, don't isolate yourself, how can you say "Fuck Europe, I hate it there"? Don't get me wrong, there are cultural safe lively US cities, like San Francisco.
