Are you serious???

[---XR---]

Absolutely, it's just a shame that our educational system can't get these kids the education they need. Can you imagine how hard it would be to get a good job when you can't even spell simple words in order to complete a job application or resume?

yup, i know some people in the interveiwing area of the company i work for, and if anything is mispelled on a resume...Trash

 

[BIGgourami]

i have what my old music teacher used to call "stupid fingers". and my hands rarely keep up with my mind and what i'm trying to say/type.

 

[BIGgourami]

Absolutely, it's just a shame that our educational system can't get these kids the education they need. Can you imagine how hard it would be to get a good job when you can't even spell simple words in order to complete a job application or resume?

of course, typing on a casual forum is ALOT! different than writing a resume or filling out a formal application

 

[---XR---]

I would still venture to say that a lot of the people on here who are mispelling words were not raised using English as their first language.

this website's majority members is based in the U.S, yes there are asain members but look at where everyones from..95% U.S, a Few Brit's, few asians. and i'm not going to Venture to say the members hear are Immigrant asain americans- there are some, but nowhere near all..

 

[proaquatics]

its the students that dont pay attention.teachers aren't at fault here

 

[---XR---]

FYI- english is the primary Language in american...

 

[proaquatics]

FYI- english is the primary Language in american...

hehe in american hehe

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

Some of us are too old, but in the mid 80's and up until the 90's children were being praised for mispelling words. It was thought that by phonetically spelling things, kids were using their brains and logic skills to decipher things. Unfortunately, teachers up into the 8th grade adopted this practice, even scolding parents for correcting their children when they would mispell words!

The study that showed this reign of thought also said that children should be encouraged to spell properly after the 2nd or 3rd grade - which makes a lot more sense.

I only know about this, because we had to do a cause and effect essay on an article regarding how terrible our educational system has become - and how one of the main causes for poor grammatical and sentence structure skills stems from lazy teachers, and a flawed educational system.

I would still venture to say that a lot of the people on here who are mispelling words were not raised using English as their first language.

Yeah, in California. Being educated in the midwest, that type of educational practice was considered far to radical for the conservative views of the midwestern educational system.

The whole ESL (English as a Second Language) argument holds little, if any water. It's pretty sad when you see a member's post who's from, say, China, and their grammar and sentence structure is better than that of someone from, say, Ohio.

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

XR,

I don't know - living in Southern California you really see the diversity amoung culture, and a lot of people who live out here still use a language outside of English within their homes.

I'm not saying everyone and their mother are immigrants, or anything of the sort - though there are a lot of immigrants in Southern California, and anyone who lives here would be nuts not to agree with me.

Even if some one is born here in America, if they are being encouraged to use the language their parents prefer at home it can have an effect on their grammatical skills. That's just my two cents, though. It's not like I'm out doing a research paper on this

 

[---XR---]

hehe in american hehe

pls dnt corrct mi.

i'm off to work....

see ya...