People with a good education tend to be more confident and ambitious than those who are not literate. Joining in on conversations and expressing ones ideas is easier if you’re literate and educated, and people feel good about themselves when they can do so. People are more ambitious in life, whether it be with their jobs or continuing education, when they have an education a

A literate person, more likely than an illiterate person, will understand what is going on around them; they will be aware, and an awareness of the world around them is very important. This could mean they’re aware of what is happening in the world, because they read newspapers and watch the news and understand current issues, or it could mean that when joining in on conversations they are aware of what is being talked about, and can input their thoughts. One cannot likely recall issues or ideas they have learned or read from their memories if they don’t have an education. A literate person can read books and papers and learn information which they may use later. In a narrative by Frederick Douglass, Frederick talks about how he was not allowed to read and write, but he would find ways to be taught or teach himself. He made himself literate. He states, “From this time I understood the words abolition and abolitionist, and always drew near when that word was spoken, expecting to hear something of importance to myself and my fellow slaves. The light broke in upon me by degrees.” He goes on to talk about how he heard two men talking about it, and he learned from them how to go to the North to escape and be free. If it weren’t for his ability to read, he would never have learned what abolition was, and he likely would not have found out how he could escape. Frederick Douglass’s literacy made him aware of what was going on around him with slaves and abolition, and that helped make him a free man later in life. I am obviously not a slave, and my literacy provides me with a different kind of awareness. My awareness comes from what I learn in my classes and read about current events; it makes me more knowledgeable about the issues I am facing as a college student, and also the issues our country and world face, that will af

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