taught the importance of being the best and nothing else matters. The school system now comes to realize how important this athlete has become to the school team and grades are given to keep the student on the team, and problems are just pushed aside. Sometimes other students will do the work or even take the tests for these athletes so they can concentrate on what is important…to them…sports. Many people will say the fault lies with the parents. There are many children who grow up in today’s society with both parents who work and therefore are never home. The parents may go off to work early in the morning and return late at night. The parents do not take the time to help their child with their studies and when they do they don’t take the time to realize there may be a problem. They ignore any learning difficulty signs the child might experience hoping the school will catch and fix the problem. Sometimes a parent blames the learning issue on the school saying the education system is failing, not the child. Illiteracy can even result from the home environment while the child was growing up. There may not have been any educational resources available to the child. The parents may just not have taken the time while the children were young to make sure they knew how to read, again relying on the school to do the parents job. Illiteracy is increasing at an alarming rate. Poverty, never starting school, high school drop-outs, inadequate education, and many other reasons contribute to people not being able to read and write, but as time goes on society, educators, and parents are turning their heads at a severe problem that needs to be addressed. What happens once these illiterate people go into the world? Only society will tell. ...
