Summary Of The Human Cost Of An Illiterate

How to pass college being an illiterate
"I come out of school. I was sixteen. They had their meetings. The directors meet. They said I was wasting their school paper. I was wasting pencils(kozol)." The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society by Jonathon Kozol explains the everyday struggles of an illiterate person. He includes heartbreaking real life situations, such as stating how illiterates cannot read a menu or labels on food items. In this generation, money holds a great power over students, especially in being able to afford to go to college. Both problems are similar in relation to experiences, feelings, and lack of opportunities.
Experiences can be good for the mind, but it can also break the soul. A woman said that she never knew what she was signing. They can't read the lease on an apartment and end up not being able to afford it. They have to add on transportation fees to their actual cost after a difficult day of traveling. As a student, they also sign papers that they do not understand because they don't question what they are committing themselves to. Living on campus adds another couple thousands to the
All students will always have homework. As an illiterate parent, they feel useless because they cannot assist their children with their homework. College students feel the same when they cannot contribute anything to help pay off a loan or fee. A big fear of an illiterate, is being in an environment that has a lot of words, such as a classroom, just as when college students have a fear of going into debt. And the humiliation that presents itself because illiterates must be taught to follow procedures only by word of mouth. What happens when someone asks a student how they are paying for college? They might say that they don't know because they barely have enough in their bank account to cover a year's tuition. The lack of being able to read and money impacts their