Bad Grammar, Oh Please
November 12th, 2008 Posted by: Tilly
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What has happened to ordinary, plain spoken English?
Do you listen, really listen to the manner of English being spoken on TV these days? It makes me want to cringe, wail, and shudder. I remember how in school, the students would be corrected for any mistakes in grammar while speaking to the teacher, or to the class. The teacher considered it to be part of the job to make sure the students spoke correctly. Of course when turning in written assignments, grammar was also considered to be part of the grade that you would get on your assignment.
People in the public eye were held up as examples of proper speaking. No longer can that be done. Bad language (not cussing, although that is another thing), poor grammar, not speaking clearly, all of these things now show up everywhere.
The people in our country are starting to sound as if they have not been properly educated, or left school too soon. What has happened to actually trying to sound as if we might have brains in our heads, that we might have intelligence? Why did people decide that sounding uneducated was ‘cool’? Did they really decide this or has our education system fallen short? I wonder about that.
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November 12th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
The educational system not only has fallen short, it’s practically non-existent anymore. Our nieces who are in high school watch movies that are not even relevant to the subject in class. One of them, this year, had the assignment of making a kite for math class. And unless you count the fact that she had to make it on time, there was no reason for it at all. They did not measure the distances between ends nor any other thing.
They have math for the purpose of taking a state test but that’s in social studies class. The band teacher thinks that his class is the only one in school and has activities scheduled regardless of what else is happening. This is not a required class but if you don’t show up where he wants you, your grade goes down accordingly. And it’s either feast or famine for homework. In one grade, there is little to no homework whatsoever. In the next, it’s piled on. And the teachers could care less if you bring it in or not.
This is about the Dumbing Down of America! And the parents of the students are allowing it. Our nieces get some training at home but not enough. That happens because there is a baby in the house and she takes up a lot of attention. But there are many parents who simply think (and wrongly) that their child or children are getting what they need at school Not so. And when they hand out the awards and scholarships, this school gets very few.
Bad news for sure. So, it is not a surprise that people can no longer talk well. Just my two cents, maybe should have been a dollar for the inflation.
November 14th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Yes, inflation does make the two cents grow. Unfortunately it does not help the teachers to teach, or the schools to educate properly. Other nations are getting ahead of the USA, and people wonder why. If the education system is failing, and the parents fail to notice - That is why. It does bother me that the children in our country are started at life with unnecessary handicaps. We should be striving to make children’s lives better, not make their lives harder to live.