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      It means you can read and understand the instructions on a pack of ramen but can’t pick up on nuances, infer bias or apply any kind of abstract reasoning to a piece of text

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        Before I read the last part of the sentence, I thought you were saying 6th graders couldn’t pick up on the nuances and biases on a package of Ramen, and I started to wonder what I had missed.

        Anxiety is a hell of a thing.

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      Question what is considered 6th grade.

      This is a statement, telling the reader to consider, or be skeptical of, what the common understanding of what 6th grade is.

      Question: what is considered 6th grade?

      This asking the reader what most people think 6th grade is.


      So, how did you read the comment? It isn’t a question; it’s a statement in both sense of the word.