Per student, the public funded educational system spends more than any country in the world... yet, USA schools are ranked near the bottom.... So, the question comes, "If we just throw more money at the problem, will it fix it's self?"
On a daily basis, in business, I am confronted by less than 30 yr olds who can not spell, can not do basic math, can not read and comprehend, can not follow simple instructions, and can not use basic logic... yet, when they are confronted with their failures, they become near violent and insulted... Reading news reports has become an exercise in guessing what the writer is saying, due to lack of use of basic English and syntax, coupled with gross spelling errors, which should have never been passed from an editors desk.. is there is still such a thing... Increasingly, I find I must exercise my "Racist White Heterosexual Privilege" and fire them. [sarcasm folks] On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 4:52 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Cursive writing in primary schools went the way of the horse and buggy > about 25 years ago if not more. I remember my oldest son not having cursive > writing in school, and he’s in his early 30s. > > Although I think it’s important to know how to sign one’s name rather than > making a bunch of “X”s. > > -XXX > > > > On Jul 22, 2019, at 11:11 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > >> It just occurred to me that many of these spelling glitches may be a > >> result of rampant use of voice recognition, w/o reading the results > >> before sending. > > > > It's getting bad. I think in another generation or two, nobody will know > > how to write (i.e. longhand), type, or spell. > > > > The typical high school kid today, when he has to "sign" his name, > > prints it like a 2nd grader. In my day (1980s), kids had a pretty > > developed signature at that age. > > > > Allan > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
