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THE YANCEY RECORD THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1966 THE YANCEY RECORD EbtahHgfeed My, E9M . TRRNA P. POX, Editor * Publisher THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY Second Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1965 NUMBER TWENTY SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 PER YEAL. Letter To The Editor Route 2 Marshall, N. C. January 4. 1965 Editor Yancey County Record Burnsville, N. C. . Dear Sir: ■ Tre problem of illiteracy has be come a national concern. The as sault on illiteracy has been laun ched, sporadically, at diverse times in different places. At the turn of the century, it was con sidered a problem for those burn ing ' with missionary zeal. Many people have heard or Tead about “moonlight schools’’ which were developed in southern mountain regions to eliminate adult illiter acy several decades ago. The solu tion of the problem, and the re moval of a national blight, re fuses more than a song and a for systematic organization, a method of instruction, and a course of study. The first requirement is not too difficult to acquire. The last two are. The Laubach Liter acy Course of Study, however, provides the method of instruction which is ideally designed to as sist the adult illiterate In find ing a solution to his educational problems. The stultifying effects of illiteracy are always in the public mind. In discussions bearing upon Federal Aid to education this pro blem is frequently mentioned. The reluctance of individuals to reveal their lacks and needs for basic education retards, to a con sideraole degree, the progress that would otherwise be registered m tne elimination of illiteracy. Eleven per cent of the populat ion, 25 years of age and older ex ist today as functionally illiterate, submarginal, and fractional citi zens who are unable to meet the minimum requirements of profici ency'in languake arts skills. Will they beget more of the same or will we take the initiative now and prevent their offspring from suffering the same fate and being shut off from so much of what they could understand and enjoy in life? The fact that there are so many illiterates in a coun try that is dedicated to the prin ciple of free public education Should jolt all complacency. In pcstigation reveals that many func tional illiterates were once able to read and write but through lack of use these' skills have be come non-existent. Today approxi mately one out of ten Americans views most printed words in much the same manner as one does a rail fence. Twenty-two and five tenths per cent of the adult popula tion of North Carolina, Alabama and Eastern Tennessee are func-| tional illiterates twenty-five years • IT NEVER FAILS lily ——^ But wh«t o> DIFFERENCE a few veftes of age or older. / In the United States, unfortunat ely, the battle against illiteracy has not been won because it has not been fought. Although devoted to the .ideal of educaion for all since the days of the Mayflower, the United States has not taken the lead in the eradication of illi teracy. We have let Russia take our ideal and make it wodc. Dr. Frank Laubach of world literacy fame, hes observed that Russia, by harsh compulsion, rose in 30 years from 10% to 90 per cent literacy. ■” Education seeks to bridge gaps between primitive and modern patterns df living, acting and thinking. Man must be literate if he' is to make wise decisions. He must be a thinking person for reasons other than, the purchase of cigarettes. * Illiteracy short circuits and blunts the individual’s quest for complete living, happiness and broad mindedeness. It is as inimi cal to the democratic as com munism. There is a high correlat ion between illiteracy and: 1. Incidence of poverty, disease and malnutrition. © 2. Incidence of infant and ma ternal- deaths. 3. Incidence of occupational in efficiency. 4. Incidence of superstitious be liefs. ; 5. Low wages and percapita In borne. 6. Low-level aspirations and ac complishments. 7. T .arV of civil* Fortunately, the evils accom panying illiteracy can be treated, and it can be eliminated. Educat ion through an all-out assault is the cure. This specialized treat ment for adult literacy education was developed by Dr. Frank C. Laubach. As a Congregationalist missionary in the Philippines, over 30 years ago, he began an educat ional project on the literacy fron tier that took him into 97 countries involving 260 languages and dia lects. His first objective was to teach illiterate natives how to read in their respective language. His works were permeated with compassion closely akin to that of the greatest teacher of them all. The laubach approach for teaching adults is sometimes known as the “picture-word-letter” procedure. It adheres to the principles of adult teaming. Its content, is adult. It appeals to juid motivates adults in the acquisition of new learning. The adult learns better through association than by rote memory. Picture associations help him re call the key words in the lesson,iA minimum of memoriaaation is re quired in progressing from the known to the unknown. Literacy is a means of breaking the deadend chains of poverty. The best way to wage the ‘‘war on pov erty” is through a blueprint gear ed to education of a remedial na ture. The standard education menu has obviously not done the Job for children from deprived fami lies—the very ones whose back grounds reflect little elevation at all but rather a grinding illiteracy which destroys aspiration and nullifies hope. The ilHterate’3, plight Is primarily the effects of | an environment that is depressive, rather than the biographies of unlucky individuals. There are historical and economic forces that keep the functionally illiterate under oppression: there are hu man beings who contribute to this grim. business, many of them un wittingly. " , ' The ultimate goal in literacy education is the development of a socialized and integrated human personality. Literacy education, in terms of the school and its contri bution to mental growth and de- ( velopmc.it, is the key that unlocks the doors to other basic areas of living. The acquisition of funda mental learning experiences will be reflected through an improved status of personal-social relation ships in the following areas: (1) Home membership, (2) Health and physical fitness, (3) Vocational competency, (4) Citizenship ideals, (5) Recreation and leisure time activities, (6) Ethical relations. If the Readers of various com munities will secure qualified tear chers to teach the non-reader and non-writer in their vicinity, it will be possible to make a major breakthrough In the cycle illit eracy and dependency in which many of our citizens are trapped. We should unite the forces of home, church and school in this respect because it is known that illiteracy weakens democracy, undermines occupational effective ness, prevents growth and whole some family life, impedes nation al, economic and social progress, retards individual creative ex pression and contributions, and limits personal happiness and satisfaction. 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