tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post2549510821364085392..comments2024-03-27T13:20:02.905-07:00Comments on The Quotidian Reader: Literacy WarsWillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17374272000644968446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post-55792376911928098942009-08-11T17:29:03.177-07:002009-08-11T17:29:03.177-07:00I read the first 2 articles -- fascinating! I had ...I read the first 2 articles -- fascinating! I had read the Gatto article before, but forgotten about it. I suspect you're right that much of the problem in studying literacy is a lack of a consistent definition of literacy. It is much like alcoholism research. It was always amusing to me to read the varying definitions of "moderate" drinking.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932060902413958983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2039160066439602962.post-11167360565905514042009-08-10T18:12:39.022-07:002009-08-10T18:12:39.022-07:00I thought that Gatto's claims using the milita...I thought that Gatto's claims using the military records were pretty compelling. That seemed a good measure of literacy to me since it is data from a source that didn't really have a particular agenda and in fact would have been more likely to falsify in the other direction (as in accepting people during the draft).Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081757519772226348noreply@blogger.com