10/13/2009
This was an interesting article to say the least. The author used examples way to much and beat the topic to death but still kind of an interesting article. Kozol makes an interesting point that I never really thought about and that is how debilitating illiteracy can make you feel. With out the ability to read you cannot understand something as simple as cooking instructions. Without the ablility to read you cannot perform the task of letting 911 where you are located in an emergency. So in that respect it opened my eyes. But the author justs keeps repeating example after example. I found myself saying "enough already" I wanted to hear some soultions to this problem and not just end the essay by saying something has to be done. Some author insight would have been better than the endless examples that make the reader want to tear his or her eyes out.
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Hmmm... I see your point about Kozol not offering any solutions ... but then that wasn't his purpose, was it? That would be the work of another essay. He achieved his purpose if he heightened your awareness of how serious a problem -- and threat -- this is to our democracy.
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