More (not so) fun facts:
54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.
21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.
High immigration numbers don’t fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.
Most people just survive high school on Bs and Cs with no actual accountability and start classes at a two year school and drop out after a semester because they actually fail them at that point. That’s the average american.
Ha! I actually dropped out after one year of a two year school to do drugs instead.