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More than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean? (hexbear.net)

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Like, in a practical sense? Do you have any stories or examples from your life?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Some of those were a tossup for me. perfect or very good? months to adjust or years?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

It was total inference too. From this section:

At first, she thought it was difficult, but when she finished school, she could already speak quite fluently and understand almost everything she heard or read.

Does almost say “not perfect”? Not sure…