a billion people, two-thirds of them women, will enter the 21st century unable to read a book or write their names,” warns UNICEF in a new report, “The State of the World’s Children 1999.”
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, points out that the illiterate “live in more desperate poverty and poorer health” than those who can read and write. The shocking number — 1 billion people illiterate — generated frightening headlines in major newspapers.
Poverty in the poorest countries is indeed something that ought to concern all of us, especially in a season when we pause to remember the less fortunate. But as usual, there’s more to this striking statistic than UNICEF tells us. Consider three points.
The Good News. Bad news sells, news watchers tell us. And 1 billion people unable to read and write — about 16 percent of world population — is certainly bad news. But let’s deconstruct the news.
First, UNICEF’s actual number is 855 million, a figure that did not appear in major newspapers. That’s still a large number, but it is 15 percent less than 1 billion.
Answer:
i believe its the first one
Explanation:
SORRY if u get it wrong
The correct answer should be <span>by invoking their muse
The muse is a source of inspiration. If you look at Iliad, he starts by saying "Sing, O, Goddess", where he mentions the muse as a goddess because she is the one who enabled him to tell the story with her inspiration. This is quite common in ancient Greek Epics. The Greek gods are however mentioned later and are often the central part of all epics, aside from heroes since usually the course of things is that they made a mess between each other and the people are the ones who have to suffer the consequences.</span>
Wait hannah in 13 reasons why??? ok:
You should focus on the positives instead of negatives, because there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Be around those who love you, because they are the people who you can trust, and they will never leave you. Finally, get to know yourself, and be aware of what you are doing. Stay true to what your values are.
Answer:
The correct option is option 4 as given below.
Explanation:
As the complete list of options is not given with the question, it is as below
- because he prefers to stay home and listen to his sister play the violin
- because he has to stay away from his family, which is painful to him
- because he is an artist at heart but has to work as a salesman
- because he has to travel a lot and undertake mundane tasks
Out of these
- option 1 is not correct as it is not a reason to dislike the job
- option 2 is not correct as the family is not a direct relation to disliking the job
- option 3 is not correct as there is a relation regarding the logical reason to dislike job however there is no indication in the passage regarding the liking of the protagonist as an artist.
- Option 4 is the correct option as there is indication in the article that the protagonist had to travel a lot as a salesman and undertake mundane rudimentary tasks through out the course of his life.
