Saturday, 9 October 2021

Lost for Words.

 Not often this would describe me but this was the name of a program that we watched the other night.

It followed eight students ranging in ages eight to sixty who could not read and write.

What a sad first espiode. It was over three weeks but we binged watched.

They stated that 43% of Australian adults could not read above level two which is a seven to eight year old! 

After nine weeks all of them improved and were even able to give a speech to fellow students and their families. 

The sixty year old didnt understand a bus time table and for seventeen years he walked for ninety minutes to catch a train to work. He wanted to be able to take his driving test.

He achieved that in the last week.

These were a few tears in this household at the end.

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