My mom was from Appalachia and read every day of her life. Too bad coastal elites never learned to respect other people instead of lumping them all together.
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I took Southern literature and culture. We talked to several people from deep Appalachia, because they speak a dialect very close to old English. Every single one could read. That may not be totally representative, but don't knock familial knowledge, most of them learned from a grandmother/mother.
Reading well on my part, took a lot of effort initially. Once I got started, and I didn't read until 2nd grade, by 3rd grade I read at the college level, by 4th the adult level. I learned I love to read and I never let anything stop me. We should let kids read what they want, for me that was key.
It's ok, in a sense you're probably correct because literacy rates in the US are terrible. Approximately 54% of American adults aged 16-74 read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. Which to me is nuts. I have a learning disability where most people don't learn to read, but I read very well.
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