Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00080)

Jerry,
> What I wrote was that most Americans lack the skills needed to read 
with 
> much understanding anything written above a fifteen year old 
level. 
> They are unable to read with much understanding anything but the 
> simplest writing. What I would suggest is that people would be 
> generally better off if they were to work on improving their 
reading and 
> thinking skills. 

It is not so. Literacy in world is much more than any time before. 
Also much advanced skills in every area are being acquired by people

> 
My experience has been that most young people who go to 
> the universities resist learning to read, write or think. They 
tell me 
> that they are there to get their diploma and get a job that pays a 
lot 
> of money. 

Although it is true. This ambition makes them study, read and solve 
complex problems in science etc. So it is good for them and good for 
society.


> >Blavatsky failed to write in such manner and she admitted it. 
> >
> I agree, she did not write in such a manner. But how is this a 
> failure? 

Anand Gholap