Thursday, September 10, 2009

CanWest Has It Both Ways

Picked up from Jame's Taranto's Best of the Web Today at the WSJ. Keep scrolling.

And They're Illiterate in Two Languages!

"Canada More Educated Than Most Countries: Report"--headline, CanWest News Service, Sept. 8
As students head back to school to hit the books for another year, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said Tuesday that Canadians are a studied lot, holding more university degrees than most of their international counterparts.
"Half of Canadians Struggling With Literacy: Study"--headline, CanWest News Service, Sept. 8
Nearly half of Canadian adults don't possess enough literacy skills to understand a public bus schedule, read directions on a pill bottle or keep up with technological advances in the workplace, according to the Canadian Council of Learning.