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Fantastic! This concept is something that I am most interested in. I want to be able to approach my research paper via the idea that, as you states, "Work, church, home, school shape literacy, but political social and economic structures limit people. All of these factors web together to create a unique tapestry that is an individual’s literacy. Work allows literacy to grow in a specific field, depending on the nature of the job, of course." Within my research I am looking at the functionality of military rhetoric, but I am also looking at the "individual's literacy" and how it is so key to survival in the work force....how intellectuals and scholars need to expand on their ideas of what literacy entails, what needs to be taught to our children and how we should go about incorporating new ideals into the schooling process that will benefit students in a more practical way....