A Window into Adolescent Literacy

During the 21st century, the proportion of high school graduates is decreasing. Due to an important factor in adolescent success, school management began to realize this unacceptable discovery. In the process they will try to understand the needs of our young people and how they have the opportunity to become better readers, writers and comprehensive students. For these young people, these years of development is extremely important to the success of adults.

What does the literacy rate of young people mean? First of all, we need to define the literacy rate. Literacy is more than just traditional text. Literacy skills can understand that someone is trying to convey information or ideas or tell the audience. It is important to be able to communicate. This can be done in many modes. Movies, writing, photography, music are just a few examples. It is important to remember this when discussing literacy skills for young people. Just because teenagers are not suitable for traditional literacy text boxes does not mean they can not read or write. There are many other factors that affect different types of literacy rates. Culture, school environment and discipline can change which type of culture is considered valued and important. This may affect the ability of adolescents to grow in other forms of culture.

There are two ways for young people to read. For those who are focused on achievement, literacy is a tool to prove or refute student intelligence. In order for young people to interact with colleagues, the literacy rate is a cultural capital and a way to promote or destroy social status in the school's hierarchy. When literacy is used this way, the opportunity for inequality creates a glass ceiling. There, students with alternate forms of literacy are considered not to be intellectual or to be standardized outside the school social stratum. Research by Burns, Snow, and Griffin (1998) shows a correlation between low socioeconomic status and low reading skills, but they conclude. The difference in quality will be adjusted "(paragraph 9)

Critical thinking skills, the foundation of media literacy education, are used to reduce youth 's drug abuse. A related study evaluated the relationship between common skills in the media literacy course. This research is exploring the ability to critically resolve media information and the use of youth's important intentions. Students who can critically investigate and interpret media information have reported that there is little possibility of using drugs or alcohol in the future. The findings suggest that the media literacy program may be a valuable tool to prevent adverse health behavior to young people based on youth exposure to substances in the media . Media literacy education is a tool to fight childhood obesity and promote healthy consumption habits