Attention to all parents?

Question

I would appreciate for all parents to sit their kids down and explain the importance of life to them all, and moderately demonstrate how a computer can be a mislead in life.

I’ve noticed American children are struggling to grasp the meaning of ‘ THAN, THEN, YOUR, YOU’RE, SEE, SAW, SEEN, TO, TOO TWO, THERE, THEIR, etc, and I deliberately believe it is time for parents to buckle up and train their kids to type proper English....

Unfortunately, we can’t ONLY blame the teachers for our kids poor ability to write a non-erroneous sentence; parents MUST be implicated as well. I’ve seen many teenagers complaining about their boyfriends and girlfriends and how concerned they’re when havening been cheated on... Unfortunately, I haven’t seen anyone asking how can he/she solve this Math problem or correct this English sentence; everybody is so focused on boyfriends and girlfriends.

That’s what hurting our kids today; children need to know when to GET off the computer and pick up a book to read....

I also noticed college Students still don’t know the meaning of “ THAN and THEN. “

Should kids be blamed for their poor ability to read and write correctly? The answer is “ NO” because kids need guidance and leisure instruction in order to continue their successes.

What puzzles me, too, is how12 to 15 year old teenagers are walking around with Cell phones as if they have a job and play a major role in responsibilities... Most kids today go to their bed without haven their Cell Phones taken away from them. This allows the child to talk as much as he/she wants to.

Don’t you think it is embarrassing for 18 to 21 year olds to type like this “ I was over their yesterday, but he was to cold?”

“ Your such a bad kid”

That is to much for me”

“That’s there business”

“ I seen that movie before”

Sentences like these we don’t appreciate from 18 and 21 year olds, and of course we don’t expect an 11 year old to type like that, either, since those words are 1st grade words.

Do you agree with me?

Sure I made a mistake in this sentence of mine " I’ve seen many teenagers complaining about their boyfriends and girlfriends and how concerned they’re when havening been cheated on."

I simply mispelled " HAVING"

There is no reason to be offensive, because I am asking for parents attention to guide their kids, not for them to figure out if I made an error in my message.

So stop being an ignorant person, Heart n Soul....

Answer 1

As a parent. I must agree. My typing skills aren't the best, but I do know how to use their and there, then and than, and I can pretty well compose a proper sentence. This sort of thing is problematic in our society and somebody needs to just get back to the basics of life. Parents need to go to parenting school and learn how to better rear these unsupervised children. When I was their age, I didn't even get to talk on the phone unless I had done all of my chores and homework, much less go out anywhere. If I went out, my mother always went with me. It was quite a drag, but it kept me out of trouble. Something is surely missing in homes today!

Answer 2

I can agree. I am a teacher-in-training, and we had to hand in journals (daily class reflections). Anyone who misused the words you had above had 2% deducted per error. If you misused "Principal" and "Principle", however, you automatically failed. As teacher-canidates, he figured 20-23 year olds should know the difference between their "leader" and an idea.

Also, I edit papers for a bunch of my friends throughout the school year. The age of the students is approximately 20-24, and out of the 5 I see on a regular basis, 4 of them did NOT know how to write a proper essay when I met them. Their essay looked like something I should have edited for a grade 7 or 8 student. Editing their paper for grammer, and offering suggestions for improvements, rather than actually rewriting the paper, I have brought some of these people's average paper mark from a 60 to a 78-80.

I think it is rather pathetic that so many people in this day and age, even at university level, are incapable of being able to construct the simplist of sentences, or the easiest essay format.

It is time that parents get involved in their child's education. In teaching, there is a triangle that must be complete for a child's education to be fulfilled; that is communication between the parent, child and teacher!

Answer 3

I agree with you some what. I don't think that a teenager's parents should be blamed for their horrible grammar. Nor do I think any teachers should take the blame. When I was a child I was responsible for my studies. I had to make an effort to learn what was being taught in class. I can't say I retained much of it. Which is probably apparent in my answer. Still many kids today find little interest in school work. Schools have become more like daycare centers for our children. Just a place to keep them occupied for 8 hours. Many of the middle and high schools seem like prisons. Keeping the students from any type of free spirited thinking. So what do they have left? Cell phones, video games, drugs ,and sex. These things give our young adults a false sense of freedom. With that freedom they form a type of society. This society has it's own language of primitive shorthand. Though I agree American children today lack the ability to write a simple letter understandable by anyone born after 1979. I just don't think it's fair to blame parents and teachers. It is time for them to start taking an interest in their own future. It's time for them to stop searching for illegal or destructive ways to occupy themselves. More and more kids today do only what they need to get by. Very few try to go the extra mile in school. This forces the school system to lower the standards. By the time a student reaches fifth grade they are already behind the rest of the world. Yes we as parents and teachers have a responsibility to teach these students. Yes we should try to make them work harder toward bettering their educational skills. Still there comes a point where the responsibility is their's and their's alone. And we can only give guidance.

Answer 4

Yah, its purrty embearasing. Sorry couldn't resist. Seriously though, I agree with you. I'm the type of person who has a tendency to proofread everything and I notice wrong words, incorrect spelling, punctuation errors, and other mistakes all the time. I drive my husband crazy because even if he writes just a short note and leaves out something as simple as a comma, I'm commenting on it. My English isn't perfect (I was a History major in college) but it just really bothers me to no end when people type/write loosing instead of losing (or vice versa), use the wrong form of too/two/to or there/their/they're, or have sloppy language. I'm pretty sure my daughter will have pretty good writing and language skills because of my proofreading habits. My brother comes to me all the time to proofread his essays and such, and his English skills have gone way up in the last couple years. I also read to my daughter and play fun but educational games with her (shes 19 months and already very advanced for her age-and I'm not just bragging-her pediatrician has even commented on it).
Anyway, yeah I agree with you. It would be so nice if kids these days could focus on school more instead of relationships.

Answer 5

I sort of agree with you, but not exactly. I take myself as an example: I have read every book, "good classic book", anyone can ever imagine; Dostoevsky, Balzac, Goethe, Nietzsche, etc, I know the differences between all of them and I know way more than any leading college literature professor here in States would ever know. I learned English only two years ago, and I already write way better than any of my classmates with their English as a first language ever will. I know the entire history of art development, and can easily distinguish the Pre-Raphaelites from Mondrain.
Do you think all of that makes my life any happier??? No way. As one of the Russian thinkers, Griboedov, once said in one of his famous sayings : "All the grief comes from too much knowledge." Very true.
I am completely content with my daughter talking about boyfriends all the time, chatting on the phone, watching Naruto non-stop, and not being able to write a single comprehensive sentence in English. At least, she's got a life.

Answer 6

I agree with you on that subject . I feel all of our hard earned tax dollars are being wasted in schools today. I feel it is important that every parent and teacher have a role in teaching our children. The role of the teacher doesn't stop when school is over , it carries onto the children's home life too! We are all not perfect and guilty or at fault of something whether it be not reading or helping our children with home work or making sure they are actually comprehending what they are learning. I agree with children don't need to spend all their free time in front of a computer or video game, or television.

Answer 7

Like all tools, a computer needs to be used responsibly and children need to be taught about how to use it. My little ones play games on it but are also learning to read and write the old fashioned way, with a pencil, a crayon, chalk, and sometimes a pen. My little guys are 4 and 2 and we are trying to help them use and understand computers since it will be an important skill, we also teach them how to watch tv and how to filter out commercials and evaluate the quality of programs. We work hard to teach our kids what they need, and that includes skill in reading, writing and speaking their native tongue. I agree, but too many do not I fear.

Answer 8

Yes, i completely agree with you.
kids my age (i'm 15 years old) are so dumb these days.
i guess i'm glad i read books when the other kids were playing their nintendo 64s.

as for seeing anyone asking on solving math problems or correcting English sentences, visit the homework help section of yahoo! answers.

i don't see many teenagers complaining about girlfriends, but about how "hard" their lives are and how their lives "suck".

It gets very annoying.
I want to see the day when everyone stops whining and complaining.

what a bunch of girls.

Answer 9

I would agree, if it wasnt for the fact that you are doing the very same thing. If you are going to complain about such a problem, try leading by example.......

And i quote " boyfriends and girlfriends and how concerned they’re when havening been cheated on..."

Now what do you see wrong with this sentence, that you wrote yourself?

Answer 10

Yes I so agree... I don't think you're with me though, cause I'm 11 by the way. You're debating against "us" yet why am I agreeing?