When I was a Navy recruiter stationed in the DFW area years ago, I signed up to help adults learn to read through the Tarrant County Literacy Coalition and had to go to a one-day training session. I recall entering a conference room with about a dozen tables and a flip chart on an easel with a cover over it (curious!).The facilitator introduced herself and announced that we all had to prove that we could read at an adult level before we could begin the training. She then asked for a volunteer to read aloud in front of everyone. I ...