“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.