Why do people have a heard time spelling here?

Question

I have read exactly 10 questions. In those 10 questions, I have found at least 5 of them that can't write or spell correctly. Is this what our schools teach?

Answer 1

And isn't it sad when you try to ask a clever question, no one actually gits it?

(Personally, I think that it's a generational thing... you can tell the folks here who 'im' a lot. And I'll bet they're younger than me.)

:)

Answer 2

I think you'll get more out of this experience if you concentrate less on whether people are able to spell and more on what their actual message is.
Questions seem to be coming in from all over the world so confining the problem to school is perhaps not so useful.
I understand how it might be frustrating, but if you really look at what people are saying, it's fascinating. So many curious people, so many connections being made, a great quest for knowledge. Enjoy the concept and let go of needing everything to be correctly spelled.

Of course, if it were an essay, or a street sign or something, it would be different.

Answer 3

I think as much as the education system attempts to instill a good standard and command of the English language, society has become so fast-paced that email and text messaging has reduced the necessity for the utilisation of full words. Colloquial abridgments of words e.g. cu l8r and 2mrw have become acceptable and a strong reliance on spell check when using computers developed. Therefore, people are taught the necessary skills, but don't practice them and these skills wane and fade! I reckon that's why - that and people just can't be jeffed anymore!!

Answer 4

hehehe It looks like that one got by your spell checker. Well, why did you spell 'hard' wrong? and that will be one of your reasons. It is also true that schools, especially inner city schools, have lowered their standards. So many kids were not qualified to graduate at the end of many years, and they didn't want to spend a lot of energy and money improving the kids' performances, so they lowered the standards and the kids graduate anyway. the vocabulary taught is smaller, the reading much simpler, the concepts much lower. When they go to college they have to spend the first year taking non-credit make-up courses.

Answer 5

lol..lol Hay Poindexter look at your own spelling!! And you have the right to ask me why I can't spell!! Yeah right!! OK you said you looked ta 10 question and found 5 mistakes did you count you OWN!! Wny is it ok for you to make a mistake but if i do it you have to make a big deal out of it Know It All.. And something else to Poindexter! If you are so worryed about how I spell then why dont you learn how first!! Numb-Skull!! Poindexter,,Know It All,,brainy act,,, Einstein,,,Nerd!!! and do you know what Poindexter!!"YOU" heard it here first from a REAL Nutcase!!""NUT'S""..PS ..did i win...did i win...did i win???

Answer 6

It might not all be spelling ability. I spell just fine, but my typing is miserable. Thank goodness for the spelling checker.

Answer 7

well i use to spell great but then you read American spelling on the net and you get confused by the way things are spelled

Answer 8

I think it has more to do with the fact that they are taught differently to yourself or do not spell check when they submit a question.

Answer 9

It could just be lazinees, or ignorance. Schools today are not the schools of the past, when education is priority one.

Answer 10

they are too lazy to spell correctly and check spelling!