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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 202367" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I see this all the time with some of the younger people that I work with - some of them in very responsible positions! </p><p> </p><p>They just weren't taught the same way that we were. They don't really learn how to do math because they've always had calculators. And they don't know proper spelling, grammar or punctuation because they're used to texting and have always had computers to rely on. And maybe one out of ten has legible handwriting! If I get something with a scribbled illegible signature I send it back with a note that says "Who the H*** is this?" They don't think that it matters. I see reports all the time that make no sense at all because of all the grammatical and punctuation errors and they have no idea how ignorant these and all their spelling errors make them appear! I'm another one that believes that if you read a lot, your spelling and grammer will be better. I'm the worlds greatest proofreader. The errors just jump off the page to me (not that I'm all that particular here ...). But even a difficult word that I'm not really sure about, I can tell that it <em>looks</em> wrong!</p><p> </p><p>And the sad part of it is, the "dumbing down" of our schools has happened very recently. My own "kids" are now 33 and 28 and when they graduated from high school they both knew how to do math, spell, and use proper grammar ... not that they always do, but they were taught how to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 202367, member: 1883"] I see this all the time with some of the younger people that I work with - some of them in very responsible positions! They just weren't taught the same way that we were. They don't really learn how to do math because they've always had calculators. And they don't know proper spelling, grammar or punctuation because they're used to texting and have always had computers to rely on. And maybe one out of ten has legible handwriting! If I get something with a scribbled illegible signature I send it back with a note that says "Who the H*** is this?" They don't think that it matters. I see reports all the time that make no sense at all because of all the grammatical and punctuation errors and they have no idea how ignorant these and all their spelling errors make them appear! I'm another one that believes that if you read a lot, your spelling and grammer will be better. I'm the worlds greatest proofreader. The errors just jump off the page to me (not that I'm all that particular here ...). But even a difficult word that I'm not really sure about, I can tell that it [I]looks[/I] wrong! And the sad part of it is, the "dumbing down" of our schools has happened very recently. My own "kids" are now 33 and 28 and when they graduated from high school they both knew how to do math, spell, and use proper grammar ... not that they always do, but they were taught how to do it. [/QUOTE]
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