So few people here on Yahoo!Answers seem to know the difference.
2007-03-11 12:17:02 · 7 answers · asked by Clarkie 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Kids sometimes do their best to make sure they don't learn anything. It is not "cool" to be smart.
2007-03-11 12:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by Jack 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No.
And they fail on a number of other issues as well. One of my children had a teacher so busy trying to teach the kids how to be good little socialists that nothing else was taught.
Add the total lack of teaching to an attitude that it is cool to be stupid and it is no wonder we have high school graduates that can't read their diploma. Yes, "their" not "there" as in over there near the fence or "they're" as in they are. But then of course, something can be over their heads.
Ain't English great? Your and You're deserve a place on this page as well.
2007-03-11 13:08:21 · answer #2 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they do but as said "It's cool to be a fool" (and I probably got the apostrophe in the wrong word because I'm too lazy to review the 2 meanings) Kids also like to use Chat speak which involves typing with the fewest strokes necessary to convey the message which makes they're, their and there all the same because the context sorts it out.
2007-03-11 12:23:09 · answer #3 · answered by St N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows.
We had to do grammar workbooks in 11th grade!
It was annoying and kind of sad how many people didn't know the basic rules for things.
2007-03-11 12:42:00 · answer #4 · answered by trin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I learned it in 3rd grade, but my 9th grade teacher this year said that a lot of people aren't using the right one when we write, so she made us do work sheets on them.
2007-03-11 12:19:53 · answer #5 · answered by starmist822 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THEY'RE still teaching it, but the teachers THERE seem to have changed THEIR priorities.
2007-03-11 12:26:10 · answer #6 · answered by TitoBob 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've also noticed that people can't seem to distinguish between "you're" and "your". It really irritates me for some reason.
2007-03-11 12:58:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋