| 1 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `classes` | | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | SELECT CHARACTER_SET_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLLATIONS WHERE COLLATION_NAME= 'utf8_general_ci'; | | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `chapters` | | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users` | | 55 | 55 | 2 |
| 5 | SELECT CHARACTER_SET_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLLATIONS WHERE COLLATION_NAME= 'utf8_bin'; | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `keys` | | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_keys` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words` | | 24 | 24 | 1 |
| 9 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `limericks` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `roots` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `senses` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `videos` | | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| 13 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_chapters` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_alternates` | | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_antonyms` | | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_limericks` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_related_words` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_roots` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_same_context_words` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_senses` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_synonyms` | | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_quiz_synonyms` | | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `words_videos` | | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `user_practice_words` | | 16 | 16 | 1 |
| 25 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `word_lists` | | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 26 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `schools` | | 24 | 24 | 1 |
| 27 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `partners` | | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 28 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `partners_classes` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `partners_users` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 30 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_chapters` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `user_preferred_words` | | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 32 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `user_unwanted_words` | | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `user_spelled_words` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `word_list_bookmarks` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 35 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `word_list_ratings` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 36 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `teachers_students` | | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 37 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `classes_students` | | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `classes_teachers` | | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `schools_teachers` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 40 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `schools_admins` | | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 41 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_sponsors` | | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 42 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_friends` | | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 43 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users_family_sponsors` | | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 44 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `classes_chapters` | | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 45 | SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `pages` | | 18 | 18 | 2 |
Turn the headline around. You’re saying almost 90% of adults are literate. That’s actually very good but I don’t think it’s close. The US has tens of millions of functional illiterates…
Bruce, the number I quoted comes from UNESCO. I’ve seen numbers as high as close to 50% of US adults being functional illiterates… comes down to how you define/measure illiteracy.
Is it people who don’t know the alphabet?
Those who struggle reading?
Those who don’t have enough education to understand correctly and communicate effectively?
I don’t think there’s a universally accepted definition so the numbers contain a lot of guess work.
What is obvious is that the problem is significant and at the root of many other problems we struggle with today.