Jonathan Kozol has been awarded the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Award. His book Savage Inequalities was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and became a national bestseller.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Make sure this book is in your personal library.,
By esmusssein@hotmail.com (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Illiterate America (Plume) (Paperback)
Jonathan Kozol's "Illiterate America" is a shocking book that will most likely become a reference in your personal library. He doesn't just give a one-sided view about the typical illiterate person. Kozol writes about different types of illiterate and functional/semi-literate people. Many of the stereotypes that the public holds of illiterate people and of illiteracy get knocked down. Kozol tells us the truth through many statistics and details. If you don't know anything about the problem of illiteracy, then I urge you to read this book. It's not a problem that will go away, and Kozol tells us straight off that America is slacking. Illiteracy will only cause more damage to the family, the community, the workplace, and the nation. "Illiterate America" has so many scary details that you will think twice about the public educational systems, the mentality of disgruntled military personnel (trust me on this one), and the direction where America is heading. At times, the text can be somewhat difficult to grasp, but Kozol has an important message that needs to be heard.
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Illiterate America (Plume) (Paperback)
This is a must read. Although the numbers are outdated, illiteracy is not. Illiteracy is a problem today, just like it was a problem them. We need to be more aware.
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This review is from: Illiterate America (Plume) (Paperback)
Kozol writes about a serious social problem that affects our country today. He does bring it to our attention in a to the point way, but at the same time he also loses the reader. The queston is: Who is Kozol trying to relate this message to? We all know that Kozol is an educated person and his use of language shows it. His use of words makes this a difficult book to read if you don't have a dictionary near by. If he is trying to reach out and have the common person stand up to illiteracy, he loses them with his language. Only a very educated, literate person will understand what is being written. This is the main weakness of this work
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