The Illiterate State Of Texas

Introduction
Based on the information provided by different sources, the state of Texas shows that it is top most illiterate state of the United States. According to an article published by Dr. John W. Miller a researcher who works for the “Time” magazine, conducted a study based on reading culture. This study showed the unsatisfactory number of people with a lack of ability to read and understand basic texts; such as newspapers. Also, according to Miller (2014) “Among El Paso adult population, less than one quarter had at least a bachelor’s degree in 2012, worse than most other cities.” When people talk about illiteracy it is generally inferred that the population does not know how to write and read, but this factor may not apply if the population

The definition of illiteracy that our globalized society prefers is the lack of ability to read or write. Hence, this term may fall under ambiguity by several factors, such as, cultural and language differences.
The state of Texas being the second largest in the nation in both area and population possess the horrendous and shameful classification of the state with less reading culture, poorest high school graduation rate and worse job wages in the country. According to Wentworth (2008) “There are, for example 3.8 million adults in Texas without a high school diploma and 6.5 million residents who speak a language other than English at home. Almost 22 percent

El Paso with a population of 674,433 habitants according with a census conducted in 2013 is one of the cities with the worst wages in the entire country. According to Maciag (2015) “Workers in the southern United States have historically earned lower wages than the rest of the country, a fact some argue is merely a result of lower living expenses. But even after adjusting for the costs of living, average earnings in most southern metro areas lag behind the rest of the country.” Additionally, the author exposes how in the majority of the states the average salary is greater to 20 dollars per hour, on the other hand workers in El Paso with the same level of experience and performing the exact same job will receive 16 dollars per hour. In summary, holding a bad reputation as an illiterate city brings negative consequences to the overall population, without discriminating who has a degree or not, or whether o knows how to read or not. As Gonzales (2014) highlighted on his article “The study goes on to link literacy rates and high paying jobs. We already know that, right? It’s a catch twenty two. In order to have higher literacy rates, you need high paying jobs to attract educated people. The opposite is also true. What do you think? How do we improve the