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In article <2000@trantor.harris-atd.com> chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com (Chuck
 Musciano) writes:
   [Written communication is very effective.  "Bandwidth-wise, it's impossible
    to beat the 35 cent paper ...."]

Newspapers aren't why I think literacy will always be important. I can
envision people getting the news only from non-print technologies
(t.v., cable t.v., radio).  But there are little details of everyday
life that make literacy a necessity (or at least it's aggravating if you
can't read).

I live in a neighborhood where quite a number of adults can't read and
can't do simple math (I'm talking adding & subtracting numbers under
3 digits).  At the corner grocery store I had to help a woman get some
razors, a bottle of Coke, and a six-pack of beer.  When she went to
pay she wasn't sure if she had enough money (she had $20).

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