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BrittneyShaw
Fogelson
JuniorEnglishDE
April25,2016
CauseandEffectEssayUsingLogos
Besidestheobviousinconvenienceofnotbeingabletoread,therearemanymoreserious
complicationsthatcomewithnotbeingabletoreadorwrite.Therearemillionsofpeoplethat
cansurvivebysimplymakingduewithwhattheyhavebecausetheyareilliterate,buttheir
qualityoflifeandopportunitiessufferimmensely.Theissueofilliteracycanbedirectlyand
indirectlylinkedtosignificantpersonalhardshipsindailylifeandnegativelyimpacting
economicbusiness.
Writtensigns,directions,warnings,andinstructionsareeverywhere,andbeingilliterate
makeslifethatmuchharder.Inarestaurant,themenuiswritten.Ifprescriptionmedicationis
needed,thedirectionscannotberead(LiteracyPartners).Illiteracymakessmall,everydayacts
moredifficult.AccordingtoConsequencesofIlliteracy,unemploymentistwotofourtimes
higherofthosewhoareilliterate,causingalargereffectonlife.Also,illiterateclientsare
disallowedtoapplyforacreditcardoropenabankaccount(LiteracyPartners).Beingunableto
readalsoinhibitscitizensfromvoting,whichimpactstheirdesiresanddutiesascitizens
(ConsequencesofIlliteracy).Theonecomplicationofnotbeingabletoreadorwritemakes
everydaytasksastruggle.
Asidefromthepersonaldifficulties,thelargenumberofilliteratepeoplenegatively
impactstheeconomy,government,andbusinesses.ThehigherilliteracyratescosttheU.S.


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$225billionormoreeachyearinnonproductivityintheworkforce,crime,andlossoftax
revenueduetounemploymentsaysLiteracyPartners.Indirectly,unemploymentdueto
illiteracycancausepeopletoturntocrimeintheirfreetimeorsimplytoprovidefortheirbasic
necessities.Businessesalsolosemoneyandtimebytrainingnewworkersthatcannotread
directionsorregulations.Additionally,thereishigherriskofaccidentsintheworkplaceifthe
employeescannotreadsafetysigns.Illiteracyalsoaffectsapersonsabilitytoeffectively
communicatewithotherteammembersandfunctionasateaminaworksetting(Sessoms).
Thereisnonotetakingabilitywiththeabsenceofwritingskills,cashregistersrequirereading
andtypingfortakingorders,andhigherpayingjobsoftenrequiredegreesfromhighschoolsor
colleges,whichareprimarilybasedonreadingandwriting.Thelackofliteracyskillscouldalso
negativelyimpactanentrepreneuroperatingapersonalbusiness.AtUNESCOADecadeof
Literacy,LauraBushtalksaboutanilliteratebusinesswomaninAfricanamedPampaywhodid
herbesttoaccuratelytrackherrecordsinherhead.However,asherbusinessgrew,sodidher
numberofclientsthatshehadtomentallyrecord.Psychologyandbiologyhasproventhe
inaccuracyandsometimeslimitedspaceofourmemoriessheneedatooltoaidherinher
businesstransactions.Pampayslifeandbusinesswasabletothrivewiththeoneimprovement
oflearningreadingandwritingskillsliteracycausedapositiverippleeffectinherlife.
Theeffectsofilliteracycanbetracedallthroughouttheworldinpeopleslives.There
arepersonaldifficultiesthatcomewithnotbeingabletoread,aswellaslargerpictureeffects
thatdealwitheconomicgrowthandbusinessmatters.Illiteracyiscostingimmenseamountsof
wastedmoneyandisimpedingindividualsdreamstosucceedinaliterateworld.


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