Illiteracy - Jalal Al-Zein 9A

Outline:
I.                    Illiteracy is caused by multiple social and mental factors which affect the social and psychological domains, so serious measures must be taken to overcome this issue.

II.                 A. To commence the argument, it has become widely known how much influence on the subject of illiteracy poverty has become which can eventually lead to child labor.

1.      having more than one hundred twenty -four million primary or secondary school-aged children who are not in school around the world
2.      conducting statistics by the International Labor Organization to show child labor rates
B. On the other side of the spectrum, sometimes illiteracy is not born with someone but rather developed through disabilities coupled social pressure which leads to psychological issues carried upon by the child.
1. in 2012, approximately 6.4 million children suffer from ADHD
2. giving up tuition as a whole
            III. To summarize, illiteracy is a major obstacle that holds back humanity from thriving together as one in terms of relations, knowledge, and responsibility towards special needs kids.

“Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.” This quote by Maya Angelou affirms the importance of excluding illiteracy out of societies. But in order to truly solve any problem, its roots must be pulled first. Illiteracy is caused by multiple social and mental factors which affect the social and health domains, so serious measures must be taken to overcome this issue.
To commence the argument, it has become widely known how much influence on the subject of illiteracy poverty has become. For the lack of literacy is directly connected to not even being able to receive a proper education, be it because of the lack of economic resources or the absence of schools or even the inability for the parents to teach their kids. To explain, it is estimated that there are more than one hundred twenty-four million primary or secondary school-aged children who are not in school around the world. Most of these children are located in poor countries, mostly in Africa, but surprisingly a large portion of them are present in developed countries such as the U.S. As statistics show that 1 in 5 children in the US lives in poverty and illiteracy. This leads to child labor. According to the International Labor Organization(ILO), more than 200 million children today are child laborers. An estimated 120 million are engaged in hazardous work; 73 million of these children are below 10 years old. This problem is primarily solved economically; by reducing education cost or providing free education even if it was via late night classes, and in case of slightly older kids, charity campaigns can be held to provide a library of free donated books.

On the other side of the spectrum, sometimes illiteracy is not born with someone but rather developed through disabilities coupled with social pressure. To clarify, there has been a number of very “dangerous” diseases that prevent them from proper education such as APD (Auditory Processing Disability), Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, and ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). Statistics show that in 2012 approximately 6.4 million children suffer from ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) around the ages four to seventeen. So far it is estimated that 256000 of these children have not received any type of treatment-disregarding failed treatments-which is embarrassing on account of the fact that about twenty-three percent of children suffering from ADHD are in the USA; where about half of all treatment facilities are located. Of course, parents try to teach their children to work around the problem and learn alternate, easier ways. But those who receive normal treatment, especially kids in schools are often mocked and bullied for their low achievements academically and sometimes for their involuntary actions such as stuttering and twitches. And these teasings on a constant basis affect the kid’s psychological state and bring down his expectations for himself and make him or she sees themselves lower than they are in society. This eventually leads to the kid to surrender to his disability and give up tuition as a whole. There[G1  have also been some counters to this problem such as specific diets to increase the number of specific hormones that improve a patient’s attention span and some drugs that are being manufactured. But the most effective suggested solutions are creating special schools with a unique curriculum specific for these disabilities.

To summarize, illiteracy is a major obstacle that holds back humanity from thriving together as one in terms of relations, knowledge, and responsibility towards special needs kids. It is a problem caused by high education fees, ignorance, disabilities, and society carelessness. And despite the obvious solutions created to counter this problem, significant results have not been made. So, this opens the question; are these solutions really effective and for a humanitarian cause, or are they yet another business hiding behind the mask of good will?


 [G1]The red part in both paragraphs is for solutions

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