Reading in Australia

Australia claims to have the highest literacy rate in the world and they also have the highest number of newspaper reading per capita. This fact is appropriate for a class based on journalism. There are a lot of aspects that go into creating a well organized newspaper with interesting stories and interesting articles. One newspaper I found, "The Sydney Morning Herald", (http://www.smh.com.au/) proved to be far from amateur with some exclusive articles and appropriate quotes, though some articles were too informative and not very entertaining. The accomplishment of teaching reading is very impressive. I found that 82% of the world can read, but 99% of Australians can read. So it's truly no surprise that they read the newspapers so often.

Word of the Day: Lolly Water is another term for soda or pop in Australia.