there, they're, their. your, you're, yore. to, too, two.?

Question

Has grammer all but disappeared from the English language? Is English just not taught in public schools any longer? Is there too much emphasis on bilingual education? I would like to hear from teachers. (Eye wood like two here from sum teachers)

Yeah, you caught me, I skipped the spell check. I understand about IM speak. I am refering to basic vocabulary. And it just isn't here, I see it everywhere, even on notes left by teachers when I go to schools to work. I'm not xenophobic, I just feel sad that the American version of the English language seems to be disappearing. I will leave it up to you to vote the best answer.

Answer 1

I think that a lot of the problems with grammar is that even if it is taught... and the child just doesn't get it... we will have no child left behind. This means that children can keep being passed onto the next grade and never have learned basics. It is assumed that the basics were understood by the child, because they were passed into the next grade level. Once a child gets to a certain level of school, the teachers don't teach basics anymore (thinking that they have already been taught and the student learned them previously). These children seem to get away with the misspellings and grammatical errors because as long as they learned the content that teacher was teaching (history/geography/social studies/etc.) they get a passing grade. I seriously believe that the no child left behind law has hurt our educational system and is doing a great disservice to our children.

Answer 2

I'm not a teacher; however, my daughter is in grade school. We live in Arizona and I pushed to get my husband to move on base so we could put her in the school there. The base school must answer to the base commander as well as the school district so we stand better chance at a decent education. The schools that surround us in the city really have a high percent of those who speak primarily Spanish. I have heard horror stories of entire classes being held back because the class had more Spanish than English students and it caused for slow progress and everyone suffered.
I strongly believe if you are not able to speak English fluently, you should be put in a separate class or the parent should fork the bill for an interpreter. It's not right to hold up a class because you can't understand the language. The schools and the government need to stop encouraging and stop allowing families not to learn English. It's an outrage.

Answer 3

I know that I personally will type what is in my head and hit the button before I realize that I spelled something wrong. I suppose it is OK because I am not applying for a job or submitting for a grade or anything.
I think as Americans we type and spell so much more now than in generations past that it is not practical for us to proof read and spell check EVERYTHING we type. I'm sure that if we were more careful there would be a lot less poor grammar on the internet.

Answer 4

Im know teacher but I sea little value to perfecting english grammar. What difference does it make as long as people understand the meaning? I sea much value in learning a second language though.
I dont really know any valid arguments against teaching a second language (unless you call xenophobia a valid argument).

What if we did away with too and two and always used to? How wood it possibly matter?

Answer 5

No, we still teach grammar and do units on there, they're, their,etc. It is not important to the students. Basically they don't care. Some experts say that your mind isn't developed enough to understand grammar until you're in your 20s. We can also teach it, and a student may get a perfect score, but it does not translate to their writing.

Answer 6

Well, I am not a teacher, but I would like to add my views. I believe it has less to do with teachings and more to do with viewed importance. Alot of people, including myself, feel this is not a format where perfect word usage, spelling, and puncuation is important. As long as the point is gotten across the goal has been acheived. My biggest problem is I do not proof read. So I end up having to edit my response a couple of times to get it correct.

Answer 7

No, I just think people get in too much of a hurry here and don't take the time to hit spell check. We may need to create a post on how to use it.

Answer 8

From my experience, grammar is now taught as such: handing out worksheets filled with minimal help on how to use and recognize it, then a quick test to end the subject.

Answer 9

some people just do not want to take the extra time to put in all those commas and periods it is much quicker to type without them and hell..this is just the internet a lot of people usually go to chat rooms and instant messages who cares?

some ppl don wan 2 take da x-tra time 2 put in all those 's and .s is fast 2 type w/o them + HELL this is the net a lot of ppl go 2 chat + msgs who carez

look at how much freaken space i saved and that took me no time at all and it is fun to read! LMAO!

thanx 4 da points!

Answer 10

Your misspelling of "grammar" aside, I agree with your rant. I don't understand how people can possibly make it out of junior high/middle school without even the vaguest conception of the proper use of apostrophes and possessives. It literally baffles me...