‘There is a tendency for laymen to talk of the problem of “illiteracy” in terms which suggest that this problem is simply one of teaching people to read and write and that once they know how to read and write, all will be well…The point…is that all of us are to some extent “higher illiterates”, and that all of us need to cultivate the habit of reflective thought in order that what is seen and read may lead us to a more accurate perception of the world and its peoples. For all of us, therefore, developing the habits and skills of reading means not merely deciphering words more quickly, or abstracting ideas more effectively, or recalling more fully what we have read, but also thinking more purposefully about what we can decipher, abstract and recall.’