Youth Literacy

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According to Alexander (2012), “About 70 percent of offenders and ex-offenders are high school dropouts, and according to at least one study, about half are functionally illiterate.” Literacy skills shaped young offenders' chances of succeeding in life, and in other words, their succeeding in life shapes outcomes of future generation. The importance of youth literacy associate with young offenders' chances of opportunities, career and life decision. At first, education and literacy development prepare youth for adaptation and surviving in the workforce, and therefore teachers and researchers find a link between literacy and deviance behavior (Williamson). In following, Hopkins (2016) discovered that young offenders who struggle with verbal and written communication have disputes with authority figures. As results, Kresmien (2008) developed literacy program for young offenders, and thereby young offenders have chances to improve their literacy. …show more content…
The students who are illiterate have history of incarnation, arrest, academic struggle and behavioral problems. According to Hopkins (2016) deviant behavior associate with low level literacy. When a student shows deviant behavior, teachers, parents, and authority figures labels the students as “at risk”. The labels like criminal, at risk, and offender set up barrier, and thereby students feel hopeless in academic and justice system. The students who were arrested and incarnations, has their learning becomes interrupted. The interruption increased undeveloped literacy skills. The young offenders’ barriers and struggles shaped the young offenders’ chances of succeeding in life, and the teachers and researcher took notices to the young offenders’ academic