In the article “Sponsors of Literacy” Deborah Brandt discusses a few cases where literacy has impacted the job market for selected individuals. Through the stories of Dwayne Lowery, Carol White, Sarah Steele, Raymond Branch, and Debora Lopez, we can see how society’s economic prosperity and literacy have a great influence on each other, as they jointly grow together.
\nBased on this information, how do you think the role of literacy influences the economic development of this country? What variables do you think cause one to succeed in economic literacy and one to fail? Going along with what Brandt states at the end (last paragraph on page 183) do you think we are in pursuit of literacy or that literacy is in pursuit of us? Or do you see it as a combination of the two?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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