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Literacy in our shared humanity gives us practical and realistic answers to the following critical questions. What does it mean to be human? What is the human condition? What do all people have in common regardless of what culture or time period they live in? When we understand our shared humanity we can see through the illusions of dehumanization, realize when people are trying to manipulate our human vulnerabilities in order to take advantage of us, and achieve our full potential as human beings. An oak tree knows how to be an oak tree. It doesn’t need a mentor or role model to guide it. A caterpillar knows how to turn into a butterfly and thrive in the world. It doesn’t have to attend school or be instructed by its parents. But human beings, more than any other creature on the planet, must learn to be what we are. We must learn to be human.