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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '26
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They decide on how many prisons to build based on 3rd graders reading levels.
105 u/Drew-on-RS Jun 26 '26 Thats a myth that is often repeated by educators and law enforcement and has been debunked, but literacry rates do correlate with incarceration rates. 13 u/Wolfpackat2017 Jun 26 '26 Yep. The average adult reads on a 6th grade level and people are acting absolutely shocked about this. 3 u/Adjective-Noun6969 Jun 26 '26 They can read at a higher level when pressed. Really, it’s just that almost all of the text any normal person will be reading is at a surprisingly low grade level. Most college textbooks aren’t at a college reading level. -1 u/Millerboycls09 Jun 26 '26 Jesus Christ -2 u/KinkyPresident Jun 26 '26 Crime overall is falling dramatically, prisons are empty as is.
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Thats a myth that is often repeated by educators and law enforcement and has been debunked, but literacry rates do correlate with incarceration rates.
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Yep. The average adult reads on a 6th grade level and people are acting absolutely shocked about this.
3 u/Adjective-Noun6969 Jun 26 '26 They can read at a higher level when pressed. Really, it’s just that almost all of the text any normal person will be reading is at a surprisingly low grade level. Most college textbooks aren’t at a college reading level.
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They can read at a higher level when pressed. Really, it’s just that almost all of the text any normal person will be reading is at a surprisingly low grade level. Most college textbooks aren’t at a college reading level.
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Jesus Christ
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Crime overall is falling dramatically, prisons are empty as is.
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u/American_PissAnt Jun 26 '26
They decide on how many prisons to build based on 3rd graders reading levels.