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Monday, June 1, 2015

What is Literacy?



“Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at once the ability AND the inclination of the mind to find knowledge, to pursue understanding, and out of knowledge and understanding, not out of received attitudes and values or emotional responses, however worthy, to make judgments” (Richard Mitchell).




Literacy is not just a part of education, but the basis of all education. Literacy allows us to gather information, and determine our own conclusions. By learning to read, we learn to think for ourselves and seek the truth rather than accepting what we are told by others.