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 Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:50 pm
I find that most literate people are adults .. around 20 years old. I'm a 7th grader, which means I'm 11 .. turning 12 next month. 3nodding
I'm not being a stereotype, because I didn't say ALL literate people are adults. I just find that most are. Why is that?
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:34 pm
I've just turned 17 last Saturday, and I finished year 12 (out of 12) a week before that.
Trends account for part of the illiteracy problem amongst younger people. Promotion of chatspeak in popular culture is ridiculous.
Of course, laziness is also a big problem. There are also people who really have trouble typing when they're first learning to use computers.
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:01 am
I'm 17, at last.
I agree with The MoUsY spell-checker. With so much TV and the internet, as well as advertising, people just aren't sitting down with a good book anymore.
I can easily forgive those who are new to using computers, but laziness annoys me. If someone is so lazy that they convert 2 syllable words into monosyllabic blends of numbers and letters, completely raping the English Language sideways, then that annoys me and the person should be poked repeatedly with a rusty spoon.
Now that that's out of my system... stare
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:31 pm
Hail to... um... mid-teens? I'm currently 15 years old.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:01 am
I'm 15, but I am turning 16 in March, so I usually lie. mrgreen
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:14 pm
I feel a little old. I am 18 and will be 19 in April, if it makes any differance I am in my first year of collage right now.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:56 pm
I'm age 13 and am very literate. I read many books and began to read when I was 4. I think that reading has helped me to become literate, but I tolerate TXT TLK. But only if you are actually texting on a cell phone.
Otherwise I really need you to type out words.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:43 pm
I'm 16. I'm a jr. in high school.
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:52 am
Erm, I'm 18 turning 19 in less than a month.
It is possible that your theory's right, but I know quite a few people my age and older who aren't all that literate. Perhaps it's just the people most interested in literacy are slightly older, or even younger.
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:06 am
I'm 18.
I guess adults have just spent more time in school and college and had more time to read and learn.
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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:39 am
Well, I'm 17 and much more literate than a lot of people I know, and that includes some AP kids at my school. which is scary. But I also find that people 20 years or older are more literate.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:52 pm
I'm 15 years old and I'm a sophomore in high school
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:47 pm
Well, I feel really old now! I'm 27, but soon to be 28. razz
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:17 am
I'm 14, a freshmen in high school. I just turned 14 in September as well. I'm literate, and I've been so since about 7th grade. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:08 pm
I'm seventeen.
Its very scary, because there are many 21-23 year olds that are completely illiterate and cannot write or read to save their life. Sad, but very true.
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