Let me start right off the bat and
say the hardest thing about writing these blog posts was actually writing. Let me elaborate, I’ve always been forced and
instilled to write very analytical and proper papers. As a result I don’t have much love for
writing. However, I will say that I love
writing satirically or with voice, but those experiences are few and far
between. You may notice that this blog
post, and the last one, is considerably different from my past ones. It has taken me this long to finally feel
comfortable stepping out of the drilled in notion of how to write a paper. Honestly, because I had not been able to
truly write with my own voice, I never found the previous posts to be of any
interest. So, bare with me for a moment
while I finally release what I’ve been thinking all along, who the hell
cares!? Really? We are arguing over what
literacy is? Literacy is certainly a
combination of many different aspects that much is true. But we focus so hard on analyzing and
dissecting it that we create a larger problem then there needs to be. It’s just like a math problem that you think
too hard about and therefore miss the obvious answer/solution to. You want to condense literacy into different
stages or states? Very well then, here
is your simple answer: Literacy is the ability to read, speak, and write. It’s the interpretation and expression of
ideas amongst humans. Literacy is, and I
sincerely mean this, truly amazing. It
has guided humanity through the ages, propelled it forward through advancement
and discovery. It has brought cultures together
and pushed them apart. Literacy is
remarkable, but it isn’t the all or nothing answer to the questions you are
looking for. It does not hold the secret
of life nor does it tell you what you should do tomorrow. As I said before, literacy is the expression,
interpretation, and continuation of ideas.
It’s a human construct, a remarkable construct, but a human one. As beautiful and flawed as its creators. That is literacy.
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