I mean, seriously folks...some of the things I've read the past two or three days really make me think the education system is failing our kids.  Between the horrible grammar, misspellings and the use of text messaging lingo, I fear for the future...clearly we're not educating many rocket scientists out there, and if we are, they're not posting here, that's for certain.  Would love to see the replies to this...should be interesting. LOL!
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unfortunately for all of us, it's not likely that the questions will get any better.  and to go further, i would say that most of the misspellings and text messaging lingo you see on here comes from people in the 19-30 year old range, rather than the kids.  the kids are all on myspace putting up semi-nude pictures of themselves instead.  and when they go back to school, they'll continue to do the same from their tax-funded computer labs.
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Even the answers here can't get it right. Only one other so far had no spelling mistakes.  I wish I knew what the solution was to this because it bothers me, too.  It is not an earth-shattering problem of life-threatening proportions, but for sure it indicates a lesser degree of pride in our work product, and a greater degree of laziness as he said above.  I don't see it as a time saver, because I can spell correctly just as quickly as incorrectly. As for the crowded classroom argument, I went to a school that had 3 grades to each room with only one teacher, but we worked and we learned and we still know our stuff. *Throw my hands into the air!*
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I love you, man. I couldn't agree with you further than I could with my existence. I also love the fact there is a "CHECK SPELLING" button right above the box you type in that no one seems to utilize. The kids on here are just too trendy to learn; didn't you know that it's the cool thing now? I guess I'm not trendy, oh dear. </3
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Yes I know it's so revolting!!\nAnd did you see what some of the people here are writing? \n"How many can this planet support?" ( As if that's an excuse for murder!)\n" Who cares?" ( Who cares? God for one! He's the one who give the beautiful babies to you!) \n"That's not true" ( Unfortunately it is!!)\n\nIt's all so very, very revoltingly sick!!
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I agree! It's amazing how many people can't, or won't spell or write correctly, especially here in Yahoo! Answers. The excuse I always get is "Well, this is the Internet, you're SUPPOSED to misspell!". Please! It's no wonder our country is falling behind so many other countries in literacy and other areas of knowledge. We, as a society have become lazy in such basic things as spelling, grammar, math and science.
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It really irritates me.  I also hate tcapitalizinghorthand (b4 for before, 2 for to, etc).\n\nI think it is lack of education.  Sad sad day for us all.\n\nYou know what else irritates me?  Not captilizing your I's.  Also, when they spell don't spell "a lot" correctly.  There is a space people.
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I agree wholeheartedly! The grammar and spelling on "yahoo answers" is just awful. It does give one a clue as to just how bad our public school systems are and that something really needs to be done.
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If you're going to refer to a poll by CNN then you need to post a link for us to see this poll.  Otherwise, we think you're full of it and are just trying to stir the pot.\n\nThanks for the link.  Yes, I don't understand either, it's appalling.  The only answer I can think of is that they aren't focusing on Geography in the schools anymore and let's face it, for a lot of kids if it isn't force fed to them by the schools they sure aren't going to go out of their way to learn it.  Sad but true.
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I am convinced it is.  Such a sad state of affairs.  It seems like half the people on here are illiterate.  \nUnfortunately it isn't just on here.  I have corrected my kids teachers! My daughters kindergarten teacher had two misspelled words on the board: 'Wheelbarrell' instead of wheelbarrow and 'busses' instead of buses.  \nMy sons teacher wrote 'hassel free' instead of hassle free. \nI give up.......
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I personally don't like it that much...I guess as far as technology goes, I think people are getting a little too advanced, and I really don't understand why scientists and others are trying so hard to clone people or make robots that look and act like us.  For what?  We have enough people in the world as it is, and the whole point of natural conception and birth would be sort of diminished.  It's 2006 and people are lazier, bummier, and have no sense of what life is supposed to be all about.  Everything is always so complex.  Kids are more disrespectful and ignorant than they ever have been.  Music has turned into crap.  I mean honestly, I'd rather hear about hope and goodness than about what kind of liquor a certain "artist" likes to drink while slappin their bit-ches...In fact, most people in music aren't artists...most of them have no talent and were just lucky to be where they are.  The general public is at most to blame because they support these idiots in exploiting women and teaching our children to do everything thats wrong.  So to answer your question...no, 2006 is a horrible year and I hope this nation can change soon because I feel like our way of life has just turned in garbage and the rest of the world is starting to see that.
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As pretty513 has just confirmed - many Americans are quite dumb. I have no idea whether this is the fault of the education system. The UK's education system isn't great at the moment, but I came through it being able to spell and use correct grammar. Going by the spelling and grammar of many of the Americans on here, I think their education has failed them somewhat.
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Interesting question (I think it is a question.) Seems to me there is enough blame to go around...let's not stop with teachers. How about the students themselves? How about the parents? We have seen a huge dumbing down of students in the past 30 years...lowest common denominator effect, or "let no child be left behind." When students are pushed further into classes they cannot understand, when the quality of education is such that many students are left in the dark, when parents remain detached from their children and expect teachers to do it all, we have what we now have...a nation of illiterate kids graduating from high school Not all students are illiterate, but you don't have to look further than the questions/answers here to see that many kids cannot spell, cannot write a sentence, and cannot communicate clearly with written words. We have spawned a system where it is NOT cool to be educated, and certainly NOT cool to achieve anything in public schools. NERD is all but a curse word, isn't it? Yet it is the Nerds who inherit the jobs, the salaries, the world. Kids may think it is "cool" to be ignorant, but there comes a day when they must look around and wonder how they were left out ... of everything. IF I were to come home with a bad grade, IF I were to not do my homework, IF I were to mouth off to a teacher, I wouldn't sit for a week. So, to avoid the punishment, I did the work. Isn't it strange today that when a child misbehaves, the parents are up in the face of the teacher with accusations, threats, etc. Is it any wonder that teachers give up trying to educate a bunch of students who have no interest beyond text messaging? Teachers head into the career thinking they will make a difference. It doesn't take long for them to find out they are underpaid baby sitters of out-of-control thugs and brats. Unfortunatly, time has a way of evening things out. Sad to say, but I am glad I do not have to face the daily challenges of gangs, bullies, and "cool" people that students are surrounded by today.
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You are not alone in noticing this.  There have been several comments about it.  I even wrote one.  I don't understand what the deal is.  Are they on something?  Are they really young?  Are they from another country?  Or are they just illiterate?  Who knows, but it's really annoying.
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I couldn't agree with you more. I think the reason is because with the age of the Internet, people have become lazy in trying to think about the simplest of things. Although this site started out with the best of intentions it seems that it has just exacerbated the problem with people not thinking for themselves. Even worse now they have gone one step further and are too lazy to type something into a search engine to find out information on something. Instead they just come in here and ask in the hopes that someone else will do the research for them. I find that kids blatantly asking people to supply them with answers to their homework questions especially worrisome. These kids are the next generation of people who won't be able to think for themselves. This is just the beginning it is only going to get worse.
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I am bothered by anyone, from any nationality, over the age of 18, that cannot spell or read words from their own language. What bothers me more is the fact that many of them have completed grade school, high school and college and still cannot spell properly and apparently don't care enough to learn. There is something wrong with a school system that will pass children through who cannot read or spell correctly. There is something wrong with parents who do not take any actions when they realize the school system has failed and their child can't spell or read. There is also something wrong with the person who is willing to go through life unable to read or spell words from their own language. Hopefully our school systems will change the way they teach and go back to putting more emphasis on reading and spelling.
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Yahoo is restructuring the Answers and quite a bit of stuff is screwed up.  Took a week before my photo albums got straightened up.\n\nYes, I had a voilation just today.  It was question, actually written as a question, proper spelling, no profanity, and Yahoo deleted it because they said it was not a question.\n\nYou got me on that one!
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yep. i have seen countless equations listed as a question and ideas for essay topics. its ridiculous. no wonder american schools are falling apart....the kids cant think for themselves.