@MissConstrue @tc_morekindness I remember being told in 5th Grade (early 70s) that I had scored the highest statewide in a reading test. I was reading at 11th grade level.
Teachers had all kinds of tools they used to help us read better and faster. I guess it just doesn’t matter anymore.
It’s a crying shame because kids will never get ahead if they can’t master the basics of reading and math. But maybe that’s what the powers that be want? Ignorant peons?