I believe it. i talk to a lot of folks all around the country (because that’s what the powers that be pay me to do) - by and large basically no one is reading the documentation. even in my own group at work, it’s rtfm. rtfm, do it, it’s part of your job.

only going to get worse too

I was already at a 5th grade level by the time I was 6. When I was little (like 2 on up) I had kids books that had cassette tapes with each one and followed along with the pages and my grandma would also read to me every night I was at her house before bed as I’d follow the words with my finger.

I didn’t know how to actually read before starting school, but I was so used to seeing and recognizing so many of those words from all the books I loved that I really think it gave me a huge head start. The last reading test I remember taking was in 4th or 5th grade when I maxed out the test with the reading level of highschool graduate. Thanks, Grandma.