Are educators not doing their jobs? Is it the students? I was no brain-child in school or anything, but we were taught how to form complete sentences and we learned how to spell words correctly. What is sad is that now-a-days there is spell-check on everything and I still see so many misspelled words!
Why do the youth of America these days seem so uneducated?
2006-12-03 00:13:53 · 13 answers · asked by Buster 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Sadly, it's not just America. The youth of today in the UK also seem to have a very limited grasp of the English language, due to texting & shorthand. They also seem to spend very little time in school, as well, due to the fact that the teachers don't want to be around them any more than they have to.
2006-12-03 00:17:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the UK employers are seriously concerned about the lack of literacy in both school leavers and college graduates - they are saying it's something like 30% that have to be trained in reading and writing before they can do a decent job.
Other answers have mentioned that kids talk to each other in 'txt' language and one has said it's 'kool'. The trouble is it isn't like cool man if you can't be understood, it's like showing direspec' to others, know what I mean, innit?
A great deal of blame can be laid at the feet of educators. For a long time they considered it was 'uncool' to correct a child's spelling and grammar wot is proper like was a total no no. It was seen as elitist. Hopefully that point of view is changing.
2006-12-03 00:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well since people are learning how to write before learning how to type, I'm guessing in typing is because:
*people make typos
*people are a little tired of having to do all that correcting stuff in school or work and just don't want to do it all over again.
*There is something called chat speak....
in writing,
*Well maybe if they're writing some story or whatever its a rough draft...they will either get someone to or they will themselves edit it.
*They're too lazy.
The educators are doing their jobs, and no it isn't the students either. It's just that they're tired of doing that where ever they go or something like that...
and if you think that the education of the youth of America is endangered, then that's how you think.
2006-12-03 01:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by the new cookie cutter style 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its just easy to make a typo.
I don't see why people get so uptight about it. Can you still understand what they are trying say? I think so.
I think the ignorance comes from people who try to make it look like they have never made a typo before...not the ones who actually do. English is a means of communication. If you understand what the person is trying to communicate, mission accomplished. Besides, have you remembered everything your third grade teacher taught you? Prob not
2006-12-03 00:16:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I don't think they're quite as dumb as they seem. Some of it is slang in the way they're writing. It looks cool to shorten words and write choppy sentences. Others seem to be REALLY young. They're only 8, 10, 12...and their writing skills just aren't very good yet.
2006-12-03 00:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by shannonscorpio 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Teens, children, foreigners, laziness, done on purpose, lack of writing skills, rush to ask and answer questions to get points, etc... In the end, if you can understand the question and answers - then the system succeeds.
2006-12-03 00:52:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parents are busy, teachers are underpaid, government is worried a there own pockets and there status, morals & ethics have change.My Father would have said because of television...the boob tube. It's a different world.
2006-12-03 00:19:17 · answer #7 · answered by Marti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. It is frightening. Sometimes, I truly cannot understand what they are trying to ask. I wonder if that is how they actually speak, too. It goes way beyond spelling.
2006-12-03 00:20:00 · answer #8 · answered by Ms. G. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point, well made.
It's impossible not to notice the
many grammatical errors found here
on Q&A.
And, it's a little scary.
2006-12-03 00:29:45 · answer #9 · answered by kyle.keyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
slang, short-hand, typo errors and for some english isnt a first language and there are those who for some reason cant speak or write good english
2006-12-03 00:19:13 · answer #10 · answered by Classique 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋