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breezybottom
19 days ago
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It seems that the age of reading might be a short ...
Literacy doesn't mean your ability to speak, it means your ability to read/write. Formal schooling for the masses is a very recent invention.
bluGill
19 days ago
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It isn't hard to learn how to read at a basic level.
breezybottom
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Sure, if you have books in your house and parents who are also literate and encouraging of it.
bluGill
18 days ago
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Books are needed to be good, but just writing a simple letter once in a while when you have time is useful and not that hard.
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