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"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:


> That, and a generation of parents who apparently pay no attention to their
> kids' written work. The words "That's not good enough. Please write it
> again." should be part of every parent's vocabulary. It's not just the
> teacher's job.

At least it's part of the teacher's job. My wife is president of a
school board. Writing literacy is the number one priority in that
district. It said so in the board minutes. The board minutes had words
that weren't spelled correctly, grammar errors, sentences that made no
sense and statements that were just plain wrong. When my wife pointed
these out, she was told that it wasn't important.