Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fA5M6k019773; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:06:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 17:06:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3BE70EB2.55141B4B@webster.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jeri Levesque <levesqjr@webster.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3732] Re: reading IS comprehension X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Status: O Content-Length: 786 Lines: 25 Andrea, My point exactly - if you can't file your taxes correctly for consulting money earned but taxes were not withheld - and you file just having "read" but not "comprehended" the tax file - and just happen not to report your earnings correctly- those IRS folks will come a knockin' -- when you tell them you read the book - you can start singing the blues about how you sounded out the words - hey most likely they'll just throw the book at you! : - ) I for one, can't read the tax manual - it is a specific form of document literacy that I hire a guy to do for me! Best, Jeri Levesque, Ed.D. Associate Professor, Webster University AWilder106@aol.com wrote: > Hey, wait a minute! I expect we all can read a tax manual, but can we > understand it? Likely not. > > Andrea
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