This one really is going to piss some people off….. I was hoping this was the short bus class, but it is simply what is happening in some classrooms throughout the country….expect a lot more of this shocking behavior.
What I mean is cuz that's not a regular class. It's clearly detention. There's only like 10 kids in that room and most of them are acting stupid. And no one got hurt.
One example of the world becoming dumber, not more intelligent, is the fact that hardly anyone uses the correct forms of could've, would've, should've, & might've. The word 'have' has been replaced by the word 'of.' And damn near everyone does it. People - adults - on this forum do it even though I can guarantee they were taught the proper form. How many times have you seen someone type "I should of known that"? That doesn't even make fucking sense!
One example of the world becoming dumber, not more intelligent, is the fact that hardly anyone uses the correct forms of could've, would've, should've, & might've. The word 'have' has been replaced by the word 'of.' And damn near everyone does it. People - adults - on this forum do it even though I can guarantee they were taught the proper form. How many times have you seen someone type "I should of known that"? That doesn't even make fucking sense!
a friend of mine, who is close to my age, 35-ish, graduated high school in the mid-90's not knowing how to read. she had to teach herself when she finally entered post-secondary. I couldn't believe it.
the importance of language has been lost, probably mostly due to technology and spellcheck. people don't need to know how to spell anything, and therefore end up spelling phonetically.
I don't find that the younger generation is getting any more intelligent than previous generations, or that they are getting dumber per say. I think it just comes down to what is available to them and that priorities change. Cursive writing has been losing importance even before my generation. it was taught in elementary years, but no one gave a shit about it come high school. some teachers would say "if I can't read your writing, you get a zero", but that was exeption, not the norm. people started doing their essays and such on pc's or type writers by then anyway.
Out of curiosity, would anyone hire someone who regularly writes in dumb-speak? To represent you, or your company, with emails along the lines of "Wat u tink of dis"?
fuck no. But I do think that use of dumb-speak as you call it on the 10c forum is not a big deal. Nor is it indicative of how someone is going to compose a professional communication of any kind.
One example of the world becoming dumber, not more intelligent, is the fact that hardly anyone uses the correct forms of could've, would've, should've, & might've. The word 'have' has been replaced by the word 'of.' And damn near everyone does it. People - adults - on this forum do it even though I can guarantee they were taught the proper form. How many times have you seen someone type "I should of known that"? That doesn't even make fucking sense!
I'm right there with you on this subject.
Soooo many people don't know the proper usage of your and you're as well as there/their/they're. And don't get me started on all the people, young and old, who insist on using the term "on accident".
True confession time: it wasn't until I was well into my twenties that I learned that "a lot" is not spelled "alot".
True confessions #2: It wasn't until even later in life that I started making a concerted effort to use "fewer" and "less" properly as in, "I screw up my grammar less now by using those words improperly fewer times." How many times do we hear things like, "There are less people here now than there were yesterday"?
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True confession time: it wasn't until I was well into my twenties that I learned that "a lot" is not spelled "alot".
True confessions #2: It wasn't until even later in life that I started making a concerted effort to use "fewer" and "less" properly as in, "I screw up my grammar less now by using those words improperly fewer times." How many times do we hear things like, "There are less people here now than there were yesterday"?
Brian, in my household I'm the less/fewer police. I'm tempted to correct people outside of my household, too, but that's frowned upon.
True confession time: it wasn't until I was well into my twenties that I learned that "a lot" is not spelled "alot".
True confessions #2: It wasn't until even later in life that I started making a concerted effort to use "fewer" and "less" properly as in, "I screw up my grammar less now by using those words improperly fewer times." How many times do we hear things like, "There are less people here now than there were yesterday"?
Brian, in my household I'm the less/fewer police. I'm tempted to correct people outside of my household, too, but that's frowned upon.
True confession time: it wasn't until I was well into my twenties that I learned that "a lot" is not spelled "alot".
True confessions #2: It wasn't until even later in life that I started making a concerted effort to use "fewer" and "less" properly as in, "I screw up my grammar less now by using those words improperly fewer times." How many times do we hear things like, "There are less people here now than there were yesterday"?
Brian, in my household I'm the less/fewer police. I'm tempted to correct people outside of my household, too, but that's frowned upon.
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the importance of language has been lost, probably mostly due to technology and spellcheck. people don't need to know how to spell anything, and therefore end up spelling phonetically.
I don't find that the younger generation is getting any more intelligent than previous generations, or that they are getting dumber per say. I think it just comes down to what is available to them and that priorities change. Cursive writing has been losing importance even before my generation. it was taught in elementary years, but no one gave a shit about it come high school. some teachers would say "if I can't read your writing, you get a zero", but that was exeption, not the norm. people started doing their essays and such on pc's or type writers by then anyway.
Ed probably can't write worth shit. LOL
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Soooo many people don't know the proper usage of your and you're as well as there/their/they're.
And don't get me started on all the people, young and old, who insist on using the term "on accident".
As I always say "that ain't good english".
True confessions #2: It wasn't until even later in life that I started making a concerted effort to use "fewer" and "less" properly as in, "I screw up my grammar less now by using those words improperly fewer times." How many times do we hear things like, "There are less people here now than there were yesterday"?
And as for "alot", you might like this comic:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ca/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
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