Reading is Dangerous!
August 16, 2007 by Marenda
Filed under Social Issues
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We are all familiar with the saying “Knowledge is power.” The power of knowledge is exactly what makes reading dangerous. The ability to read establishes the potential to access information that can be used to to:
- Motivate
- Inspire
- Encourage
- Develop Independent Thinking
- Affect Change
- Make Improvements
- Stimulate Personal Growth
- Undo Conditioning
This is why it was against the law for slaves to learn how to read. This is why book banning exists. Books open the mind to a world of infinite possibilities. Books educate, entertain, and empower. Books contain formulas that can be applied to every day life.
Crack open a book and crack codes to living life abundantly. Apply the Knowledge and Exercise Your Power! Not reading is the true danger. The opposite of knowledge is ignorance.
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”—Frederick Douglass
“To educate a man is to unfit him to be a slave.”—Frederick Douglass
“A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.—Frederick Douglass
According to the National Adult Literacy Survey, 85 million adults in the United States-almost 30% of the population-have very low or low literacy skills.
43% of those with the lowest literacy skills live in poverty.
Only 30% of adults with very low literacy skills have full time jobs.
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