It seems like kids today are forgetting how to write.
Read the article HERE.
People are on keyboards all the time, there’s voice to text and text to voice. No need to read, no need to write. For a long time, I’ve seen an increase of examples where people don’t know the difference between “To, Too and Two” and “Their, They’re and There” and the like.
I remember years ago reading article about igloos in Alaska, and the writer couldn’t find an Eskimo who still knew how to make an igloo.
Is it a cycle? We make life better, it gets easier for the offspring. Who lose their coping skills and cannot maintain the level of easiness that was provided for them. And the whole place goes to crap again and the cycle starts over.
I remember third grade, 8 years old, we started learning how to write cursive. I don’t think people have been taught cursive in schools for a long time. I remember a sample test from kids in the late 1800s schools. Incredibly difficult mathematics and English and writing, by the standards that I grew up with. And it’s been slacking off more and more.
Native American saying, “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
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It’s almost the weekend, have a great day!
You make some interesting points. I would say that even keyboards are becoming way less commonplace. You had to pass a typing test at one of my previous jobs. I think you only had to be able to type 25 wpm (which wasn’t fast enough to do the job well, but whatever). Several people failed it.
Like I said, voice to test and text to voice. Taking all the brain out.
Hi Mark. Just a quick catch up on you. Life is crazy busy here, trying to sell our current home and move into something smaller. Bloody nightmare. Hate selling houses. But all good, just taking time. Lovely summer here, stinkin’ hot and sticky. Wish we lived by the sea like you. But we do have the pool, which is a godsend. Nice to see you are doing well… as long as ya don’t talk about attacking doors! Kids at school now have to take a laptop to school to do all their work on! I doubt any of our grandkids can read or write at a level appropriate to their age! It’s just not a school priority any more. Which I find outrageous. Anyway, I’ve waffled on enough, catch ya mate.