Literacy 101

I would say literacy is the ability to read and write. I think it is the ability to discern the difference between things in any form whether they be pictures or words. I definitely believe English should branch out from just text books. America is branching out from just letters and snail mail for work, so English needs to branch out by teaching students the methods used by their futures. Understanding how to work excel, powerpoint, word, or even information found on the web will be helpful in our careers in the future. Reading books isn't going to get us far, it will help but the world is changing and so our methods of learning need to change with it. I think English is the best subject to practice new ways of composition. You can do so much more on a computer than you can with a book or a typewriter.