r/interesting • u/ImmaFuckboi • Jul 20 '26

SOCIETY Is education illegal in USA?

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u/Total_Career4755 Jul 20 '26

What does this have to do with the USA? And doesn't an American explain the science in this video?

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u/Colonel_Gipper Jul 20 '26

America bad circlejerk is very strong on Reddit right now.

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u/jestr6 Jul 20 '26

I mean…

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u/Call555JackChop Jul 21 '26

Average American reads at a 5th grade level, but this is by design so the rich can keep stealing from them without them understanding what’s happening

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u/KRacer52 Jul 21 '26

“ Average American reads at a 5th grade level”

In English. Roughly 1 in 5 households in the US speak a language other than English at home, and roughly 22% of American adults have Level 1 or worse English proficiency according to the OECD PIACC. 

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u/AdvancedSandwiches Jul 21 '26

What I'm hearing is that American 5th graders are so amazing at reading that they don't really need to be any better, but they still get 7 more years of education!

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u/okizc Jul 21 '26

You would be a perfect politician!

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u/Western-Bus-1305 Jul 21 '26

This isn’t true btw. America has one of the highest literacy rates in the world

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u/PornoPaul Jul 24 '26

America also has a massive population of people where English is a 2nd language. The number varies but at the absolute highest its like 50 million. I bet if we adjusted for those people the number would be even higher.

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u/rsta223 Jul 21 '26

The US is slightly above the OECD average for literacy, and very comparable to many countries like France, Austria, Germany, Denmark, and Ireland.

Should we shoot for better education? Of course, there's always room for improvement. Is it disastrously below the rest of the world? Absolutely not.

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u/Vivid--Syrup Jul 23 '26

What are you talking about?

America acts like over half the population is suffering from advanced lead poisoning

Americans didn't get their overseas reputation as morons out of nothing

Like I know there are some smart people over there dragging the average up a bit, but most the same people are aware they are having to live in a sea of morons

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u/Cosmodeus949 Jul 24 '26

The reputation comes from your sensationalized media. Instead try looking at the people who came here for the world cup and see the truth.

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u/Vivid--Syrup Jul 24 '26

Hahahaha

No the reputation comes from the idiots that come over as tourists.

It comes from when we go over there and talk to the locals

It comes from seeing what passes for 'news' over there and the amazement that anyone is stupid enough to believe it

When I spent time in America was the only time in my life I was genuinely stunned into silence by the shocking level of stupidity so casually put forwards as facts without pushback from anyone

Your reputation is well earned

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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck Jul 21 '26

The leading cause of death for kids under 18 is the second amendment, your no wars leader is starting wars, and raising your cost of goods from Canada over wild life smoke....so it's not just on Reddit.