Didn't you have reading comprehension back in primary school or something? How did so many end up functionally illiterate?

@Yulianna the sad thing is at least in the past we could tell that someone cannot read or write so they're illiterate, nowadays it doesn't work like that because everybody knows how to do these, but they don't take active role in their education and as you said they change the meaning of the words. And of course the good old disorientation techniques that politicians implement... it's a mess.