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English, 10.09.2021 23:40 alexius6608

I submit to you that in 2021, technology has advanced to the point where writing and reading have become outdated. It takes public schools 12 years to educate students, and much of this time and expense goes to the task of teaching them to read and then requiring them to read difficult texts which give many of them neither profit nor pleasure. Before the 19th century, no one but trained professionals in certain fields needed such extensive skill in reading and writing. Now, with the ability to record photos and video, information may be shared widely in other forms besides in writing. True, that at its invention, the arts of writing transformed all of human society. But the burden writing once bore in the culture can now safely be entrusted to videography and audio recording. Individuals and society will function just fine if taxpayer-funded education provides students with education through the second or third grade, an amount of time sufficient to enable them to read "Big Print." This level of reading skill will allow them to drive, and to look up information on the web on indexes of video and audio recordings. Those who have the talent, interest, or desire for further training in reading can be left to their own devices and to social and charitable organizations which may apply for grants from local cultural councils. Older readers may also personally tutor younger readers as in pre-industrial times. No one will hinder them. But the state will no longer fund them.

What do you think of my modest proposal?

Will it save money in the long run?
Will children, youth, and adults be happier?
Will video, film, audio recordings, photographs, and other visual images truly suffice to pick up the roles currently played by the written word?
If you train people to read who do not read, what is the difference between that population and a population who cannot read? If the people who can read do not read, why spend the money in the first place?
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