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This article amuses me greatly. Elements of it also terrify me.
What terrifies me is the fact that so many students think spellcheck is their friend. Anyone who relies on that for their writing needs a swift kick in in the head.
I'm also annoyed that a teacher was bitching about how it's unfair, b/c We would never want to accept a letter that someone had written on the spur of the moment. If they were applying for a job, you would want to see the best writing.".
Is it just me or is she missing the point entirely? Ye gods no wonder kids are stupid - the teachers are morons. It further dismays me that kids are worried they'll use 'netspeak rather than real speech when writing. Seriously, what are they learning that they think they'll write R U instead 'are you' on a freakin' essay? O_o
I am vastly amused - and gleeful - that they're throwing a timed essay into the SAT. It's about damn time. One of these days people are going to realize that yeah, science and math are teh kool, but it doesn't fucking matter if you don't know that 'teh kool' is hellaciously wrong and that you're better of saying "They're vital."
But what do I know? Every single time I tell people I majored in History, the response is "why did you do that?" So too with my writing "hobby," though that gets a modicum more respect (until it's learned I write fantasy, and worse - slash).
Meh. This hand-written, timed essay will be good for the munchkins. Maybe it'll, you know, force them to learn something.
What terrifies me is the fact that so many students think spellcheck is their friend. Anyone who relies on that for their writing needs a swift kick in in the head.
I'm also annoyed that a teacher was bitching about how it's unfair, b/c We would never want to accept a letter that someone had written on the spur of the moment. If they were applying for a job, you would want to see the best writing.".
Is it just me or is she missing the point entirely? Ye gods no wonder kids are stupid - the teachers are morons. It further dismays me that kids are worried they'll use 'netspeak rather than real speech when writing. Seriously, what are they learning that they think they'll write R U instead 'are you' on a freakin' essay? O_o
I am vastly amused - and gleeful - that they're throwing a timed essay into the SAT. It's about damn time. One of these days people are going to realize that yeah, science and math are teh kool, but it doesn't fucking matter if you don't know that 'teh kool' is hellaciously wrong and that you're better of saying "They're vital."
But what do I know? Every single time I tell people I majored in History, the response is "why did you do that?" So too with my writing "hobby," though that gets a modicum more respect (until it's learned I write fantasy, and worse - slash).
Meh. This hand-written, timed essay will be good for the munchkins. Maybe it'll, you know, force them to learn something.
