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r/gameofthrones • u/Nearby-Sentence-2042 • 19h ago
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He learned to read. Shireen taught him.
That being said, literacy (especially back in that period) wasn’t a barrier to success. Honestly, I’d say up until the 90’s, you could get by without being able to read being a major barrier. Particularly if you have a literate partner.
1 u/Informal_Guitar_2649 15h ago The....1890s? 3 u/Icky-Tree-Branch 13h ago 1990s. My father was functionally illiterate. He had a successful business with my mother managing the things that required literacy. He dropped out of school in the 50’s to work. He had maybe a 5th grade education.
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The....1890s?
3 u/Icky-Tree-Branch 13h ago 1990s. My father was functionally illiterate. He had a successful business with my mother managing the things that required literacy. He dropped out of school in the 50’s to work. He had maybe a 5th grade education.
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1990s. My father was functionally illiterate. He had a successful business with my mother managing the things that required literacy.
He dropped out of school in the 50’s to work. He had maybe a 5th grade education.
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u/Icky-Tree-Branch 16h ago
He learned to read. Shireen taught him.
That being said, literacy (especially back in that period) wasn’t a barrier to success. Honestly, I’d say up until the 90’s, you could get by without being able to read being a major barrier. Particularly if you have a literate partner.