Is expecting a reading level above that of an 8th grade level just too much?

The average reading level in places such as the USA is an 8th grade reading level. Is it just too much to expect anyone to have a reading level that is above an 8th grade level?

 

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yes.

 

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are you testing 5th graders?

 

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I wasnt able to maYk out sum of thoze werds you tiped I Iz un Amiricanz.

 

Can you show some proof of that statement?

Never mind, I found it myself and you are correct. (And I'm surprized!!)

 

I got thrown out of a journalism program a few years ago because I told them to fuck off and that I refused to lower my quality of writing simply because other people were idiots. I then went on about how maybe the problem is that many of these illiterate retards are never exposed to anything that challenges their reading level, thus they have no need to ever improve their quality.

Then again, I said this to a prof who would constantly give me point deductions because she was too stupid to figure things out. I'd have to define simple words for her, and just gave up attempting to point out that just because I didn't use simple grammar, that did not mean that I was making any errors. I also remember having to sit in class and hear this woman go on and on about how maybe I should be writing textbooks and whatnot instead of going into journalism...

 

Calling people retards and telling them to fuck off is certainly a way to tout your superior intelligence.

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Sorry, that's just an example of poor writing skills on your part.

 

Correct. Hell, also at cash registers we don't expect the cashier to know the exact change, because that would be like um, 3rd grade math???

 

Well it would take too long at the checkout, counting on all their fingers and toes

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I had an experience several years ago that I will never forget.

I was paying for my order at a fast food joint and the cashier had one of those registers where she would enter in the amount given her and it would spit out the change. My bill was $6.05 and I looked in my wallet and saw that that I had a $20 and a $1. So I gave her that and a nickle.

The poor girl could not figure out my change - she called over two others plus the manager to help her. Sad, very sad.

 

You probably got thrown out on account of your extreme self-absorbed hatred that radiates perpetually in all directions.

 

I think part of the reason reading levels are dropping is because of the internet. Kids aren't reading as many books as they used to, but instead are logging onto myspace and chatrooms. I'm hesitant to believe it's at the 8th grade level, though.

When I worked at McDonald's I had a similar experience, but I think it was excusable because it was my first day working there and the cash register had a weird interface, and I entered in the balance incorrectly to begin with. I was really stressed out, so I had to think about it for a second. I didn't have to bring in the manager or anything, but I felt stupid for not being able to do the simple calculation as fast as I should have.

 

The average reading level has most likely dropped since I last saw a study confirming the 8th grade level.

 

Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?

 

It would be OK, if the eighth grade reading level were what it was a generation or so back.

 

So you expect graduates in a fast-food joint. Do you know the saying: " Pay peanuts and you get monkeys " ?

 

The current American educational system is opposed to any actual learning taking place.

 

And you are satisified when kids of 18 cannot perform simple subtraction or addition? Strange...