• zqrm@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    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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      3 days ago

      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.