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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (620703)	9/9/2004 9:43:42 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Maybe if someone talked me through it......

To: PROLIFE who wrote (620703)	9/9/2004 10:29:49 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well this explains why dems do well in California. Illiteracy shockingly high in L.A. Half of workers unable to read By Rachel Uranga Staff Writer Continued immigration and a stubborn high school dropout rate have stymied efforts to improve literacy in Los Angeles County, where more than half the working-age population can't read a simple form, a report released Wednesday found. Alarmingly, only one in every 10 workers deemed functionally illiterate is enrolled in literacy classes and half of them drop out within three weeks, said the study by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles. "It's an emergency situation," said Mayor James Hahn, adding that poor literacy rates could jeopardize the region's economy by driving out high-tech businesses and other industries that pay well. In the Los Angeles region, 53 percent of workers ages 16 and older were deemed functionally illiterate, the study said. ................ dailynews.com