There were a few facts that really stuck out to me in different sections…

Children and Literacy:

I thought that more than 1 out of 17 seventeen year olds would be able to read as well as retain information.  I also thought that the average reading scores for 9 year olds would have continued to increase because I thought most 9 year olds enjoyed reading and did a good job. I wasnt really surprised that not even half of parents dont read to their kids because these days, not alot of parents have time to do so.

Adults and Literacy:

This section definitely surprised me probably the most because i had no idea there were so many illiterate adults, especially women.

Crime and Literacy:

I was expecting the rates of prison inmates to be higher with the less educationt they had received as the statistics show, but I thought that the numbers would have been alot higher than what they were for inmates with some high school education, and 8th grade or less