American literacy

Is a JOKE. If you want statistics put out by ineffectual agencies check them out online I think they are a waste of time an un-necessary. All you need to do to confirm this fact is to look around college campus' and see how many people are reading Harry Potter. Now Harry Potter is a great book for elementary school students who don't want to challenge themselves intellectually, but when Adults not only read Harry Potter but can't remember the last book besides that, that they read for themselves and not for a class. Don't take my word for it go out and ask around, ask your peers, ask people younger or older, I guarantee that the people you ask who mention Harry Potter first or close to first will have a skimpy list that is not on par with what their age group should be. Then look at the people who are quick to give a book, maybe even one you've never heard of. Ask yourself who would you consider a more literate individual?more intelligent? more enjoyable to talk to? I did this and the trend was unmistakable though I am unfairly biased. As a society we need to push more intellectually strenuous books on our young people at a younger age and we need to make literacy a core value, or in 500 years the world will look like IDIOCRACY and computers will either do everything or people will be stupid from never having to strain their intelligences. Wake up it starts with YOU, go out read a book if you need a suggestion ask a friend, don't have literate friend's ask me I'll help out. Do you want an America full of intelligent people? or an America full of individuals who struggle to read a Newspaper written at a 7th grade reading level, check which major newspaper do that, if it's not all of them it will shock you.