Blogging Prompt 10/29

Reading literacy is higher with women compared to men. But literacy in males has grown 11% between 2002 to 2008. These statistics were from this site: Link is here. I think it is a good thing that literacy is being emphasized in schools. Reading was seldom taught in one of my grade schools, though sentence structure and spelling often was. It is harder to teach and grade reading than grammar. I think that it does need to be taught, especially to boys. Boys do have a higher chance of developing learning disabilities and other problems sometimes brought about prenatally.