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I Am a Teacher

I just took a glance at the 2019 PISA report. A really worrying conclusion is that students' ability to tell opinions from data is decreasing.

The country showing the biggest improvement is...China. More evidence of how the future looks like.

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Mugin16 · 46-50, M

In my country, a quarter of the 15 year olds are not able to understand the information provided in a text! One in four are functional illiterates! That is downright scary.

But not surprising.

Cierzo · M

@Mugin16 It does not happen by chance. Functional illiterates are much easier to manipulate.

Mugin16 · 46-50, M

@Cierzo I think that is more the result of all young people having smartphones and spending far more time watching videos online and gaming than they read books - if they read at all. About half of the 15 year old students said they do not read for pleasure. Thus they only read when they are forced to do so in school.

The other reason is of course the one we have previously discussed.