Any prospective blogger knows the first hurdle to overcome in the blogging process: What's the point? What are you trying to accomplish?
The main focus of this blog (henceforth referred to as the topic) is answering the following question: How can countries, industrialized and developing, deal with cultural problems with increasing literacy? The topic breaks down into two main foci: political and cultural.
Allow me to elaborate on the first portion. I will attempt to find ways that countries can deal with their literacy problems. I might focus somewhat on developing countries with lower literacy rates, but industrialized nations (particularly the US) have an underlying literacy problem as well. I may also dive into some of the ramifications of increasing literacy in these countries, but only as an auxiliary focus.
The second portion of my topic is cultural. How can cultures change due to literacy? What does literacy offer to cultures, how can it make them advance economically? Can we engineer literacy programs to better adapt to cultures and cultural aspects in developing countries, and if so, how? Somehow or another, I hope to address these questions.
If you've gotten this far, I think you have a decent handle on what I'm trying to accomplish. (I know writing this sure has helped me). I welcome any comments or discussion on the topic or anything pertaining to it.
