We are not quite conscious of the reason for our disdain when we refer to the illiterate past as wallowing in ignorance... What divides us from them is the column of print. Theirs was a total culture involving all the senses, while ours is a culture concentrated in the literate eye.
Nick JoaquínWhy does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
Martin FreemanTag: humor willful-ignorance literacy funny
I think scientists have a valid point when they bemoan the fact that it's socially acceptable in our culture to be utterly ignorant of math, whereas it is a shameful thing to be illiterate.
Jennifer OuelletteTag: literacy math societal-norms
Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.
Art SpiegelmanTag: inspirational literacy comics
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
George WashingtonTag: literacy encourage-literature-and-culture
People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers.
Neil deGrasse TysonTag: science education freedom religion america teachers letters literacy evolution creation first-amendment teaching freedom-of-religion dinosaurs big-bang intelligent-design new-jersey creationism noah-s-ark big-bang-theory church-and-state new-york-times scientific-literacy
With words at your disposal, you can see more clearly. Finding the words is another step in learning to see.
Robin Wall KimmererTag: words knowledge literacy clarity-of-perception
The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry.
AberjhaniTag: reading music poetry dancing literacy creativity poem-in-your-pocket-day national-poetry-month famous-quotes revelations world-poetry-day poets-and-poetry famous-poets poetry-quotes savannah-authors savannah-poets
The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.
AberjhaniTag: reading books writing literature literacy creativity readers voice nanowrimo voice-of-wisdom national-novel-writing-month
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