The Daily Jeffersonian
Imagine being an unemployed father desperately trying to find a job to support his family while having to rely on public transportation to get to job interviews and not being able to read a bus schedule or tell time. Then picture this father s search for employment being hampered even more due to his inability to read a job application.
Now imagine being a mother, with a sick child, worried about giving her child the wrong dosage of medication because of an inability to read the directions.
This is what is known as functional illiteracy and it s an often unseen daily reality for many.