"... literacy is "needed to guarantee the survival of democratic institutions. All men are created equal but voters with information resources are in a position to make more intelligent decisions than citizens who are information illiterates" (564)."
There is a need to have access to information literacy... Unfortunately, not everyone can manage to have access through the use of technology. We need every person to make an intelligent decision, but not every single person is given resources to help aid in their decision making, or gain to knowledge. There is a discrepancy on who gets access versus who doesn't. At least in NYC public schools, if schools are "under-performing" the budget is cut, which makes it harder for students to have access to learn how to complete successful academic papers because they never learned how to research through a computer, how to even search and develop for their topic, or how to cite online information. These students are at a disadvantage because they are expected to have such skills going into college. They fall behind. I do believe though, that spending quality time in a writing center to address these issues can be a way for these students to overcome that obstacle. But it has to be consistent, and maybe a curriculum should be placed to tackle this issue properly.
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