Illiteracy Among The Unemployed Being About 50% , Prime Minister Howard Will Int

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Term Paper Title	Illiteracy Among The Unemployed Being About 50% , Prime Minister Howard Will Int
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Illiteracy among the unemployed being about 50% , Prime Minister Howard will introduce compulsory literacy/numeracy testing for the young unemployed, and classes for those who do not pass . This is terrible! How shocking, to give these people another chance, to give them basic skills which are vital in the workforce. It's disgusting, when you see a government trying to help the disadvantaged. No, compulsion is not a method that appeals to our free-thinking, independent ideals. Yet when it comes to teaching the illiterate to read, it is not only necessary, but advantageous, as it forces these young unemployed into gaining essential skills, though they might not want to. Today's increasingly automated, technologically advanced workplaces, do not require manual labour . What's so terrible about equipping the unemployed to get a job?

In the past, due mainly to lack of awareness, those with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia and other mental handicaps, went through school undiagnosed and unassisted. Today, these conditions are generally recognised early on, and help for the disadvantaged is much better due to a more individualistic approach to education . Furthermore, the LAP tests catch children with difficulties before it becomes a disability. Those who have already slipped through the education system without learning basic literacy and numeracy should not be ignored. The Howard government is doing the right thing by taking responsibility for these unfortunates, and rectifying the failings of an underfunded, understaffed education system . Blaming the education system for its inadequacies will not change the fact of illiteracy in the young uemployed.

Ignoring the problem, hoping that it will go away, is not the answer. Attending remedial classes will undoubtedly improve literacy and numeracy skills, skills fundamental to living in today's society. Many illiterates live lives built on deception, hiding the shameful fact of their illiteracy . Their misery and insecurity is unimaginable. Can you, who take literacy for granted, who isn't even conscious of its presence, even begin to comprehend their feelings of isolation and inferiority? A rueful smile - "I can't see a thing without my glasses", "Sorry, I just have to go to the bathroom". Even if they didn't get anything else from the program, the confidence, self-esteem, and optimism the illiterate would gain is more than worth it. Fear of feeling inadequate in a classroom situation, while understandabl...

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