I think that the statistic that only 1 in 17 seventeen- year -olds can read and gain information from specialized text is crazy. I guess I never really thought about these kinds of things because  I consider myself to be a good reader. I also found it interesting that only 34% of small business owners were very satisfied will the educational skills of their employees. I thought that they percent would be a lot higher considering more people today are choosing to go to college after high school. I would be interested to learn how many parents read to their children today as compared to 1998. I think the number would be lower because people seem too busy in today’s world to read to their kids every day even though it is a very important thing.