In the News A nation of illiterates

[Pow-Lo]

I read an article in The Times yesterday that said the PM is concerned that kids leaving junior school to go to comprehensive later this year don’t have basic reading and writing skills.

I had to laugh. Seriously. Where has he been for the last thirty years? How many fuckwits on the loose today are still writing/saying the likes of ‘could of’? How many don’t know the difference between ‘loose’ and ‘lose’? The amount of people that can’t properly use ‘its’ or ‘it’s’ is nothing short of embarrassing. Don’t get me started on there, their and they’re!

This was a problem that needed addressing in the 90s. Bit late now as half the teachers can’t read and write either.

 

[Duck n Dive]

Non & none

 

[Squag1]

I still don't get the R on the end of Grenada and pizza!!

Just by chance a prog on the radio about Irish usage of English.
film vs filim

Or if you go to Cork
Whatchawantbi
What do you want boy

 

[andyBeaker]

I read an article in The Times yesterday that said the PM is concerned that kids leaving junior school to go to comprehensive later this year don’t have basic reading and writing skills.

I had to laugh. Seriously. Where has he been for the last thirty years? How many fuckwits on the loose today are still writing/saying the likes of ‘could of’? How many don’t know the difference between ‘loose’ and ‘lose’? The amount of people that can’t properly use ‘its’ or ‘it’s’ is nothing short of embarrassing. Don’t get me started on there, their and they’re!

This was a problem that needed addressing in the 90s. Bit late now as half the teachers can’t read and write either.

how many times did you check the spelling and grammar in that post?

 

[Stevebrooke]

Our teachers underlined spelling mistakes in red and we had to write it out correctly 10 times in the back of our exercise books. No red ink and "SEE ME" any more as it upsets the little cherubs.

 

[Malone]

And no more getting a chalk board rubber chucked at you either, or a 12” ruler rapped across the knuckles.

 

[Cougar377]

Having watched a mate's daughter become a "qualified" teacher, I fear for the next generation's education.
She's knocking on 30 and still behaves like a petulant 12 year old. Single, self absorbed, living at home and unlikely to wed as long as her mother continues to treat her like a princess - she's the ultimate example of what is wrong with the current crop of teachers. No maturity, no life skills and no example to set for the younger generation.

What's worse is that she honestly believes that she and her profession are every bit as heroic in this current Covid nightmare as the NHS, police and other emergency services.

 

[Lee337]

I wrote a big reply to this about how it boils my piss, illiterate trainers (in my world as a learning specilist), trainees with no respect, no will to learn and no attempt to take responsibility for their own knowledge, actions or mistakes (probably because they don't make mistakes, everyone else does).

But as I was reading through it, I reminded myself that my employees do monitor social media and I've been on this site enough from my work computer over the years that it would only take our intertnal security to look once & my impending redundancy in less than 3 months with a reasonable payout, could turn into dismissal with nothing, so I deleted it. Took me ages to rite it in txt spk 2.

I fear for the younger generation - bring back the 12" ruler, although in my school, it was a table tennis bat.

 

[Pow-Lo]

how many times did you check the spelling and grammar in that post?

Show me one mistake (coming from one of the biggest purveyors of spelling and grammatical mistakes on here, this should be funny).

When Centaur Will. I. Was points out a mistake of mine, I’ll take it on board. But you, Andrew? No. Just, no.

 

[andyBeaker]

Show me one mistake (coming from one of the biggest purveyors of spelling and grammatical mistakes on here, this should be funny).

When Centaur Will. I. Was points out a mistake of mine, I’ll take it on board. But you, Andrew? No. Just, no.

Calm down.

Did I say there was a mistake?

I asked how many times you checked it.

Flipping paranoid!

 

[Pow-Lo]

Calm down.

Did I say there was a mistake?

I asked how many times you checked it.

Flipping paranoid!

There’s usually an ulterior motive with you, Andrew.

Anyhoo, I checked both twice given the nature of the post.

 

[derek kelly]

Bad grAma an spelin raily boyals mi doodars, nuvver fing is lazee spelin n txt speek, teechas thees dais r crap

 

[Pow-Lo]

Bad grAma an spelin raily boyals mi doodars, nuvver fing is lazee spelin n txt speek, teechas thees dais r crap

Perfect example of an email from anyone under 40.

 

[slim63]

I have a mate who cant read or write well because he's dislexic that should have been picked up way back in the 70's instead of him being written off as thick which is far from true

From what I have seen of the generations since nothing much has changed and even those without real problems are allowed to do as they please hence terrible English seen everywhere

 

[Pow-Lo]

I have a mate who cant read or write well because he's dislexic that should have been picked up way back in the 70's instead of him being written off as thick which is far from true

From what I have seen of the generations since nothing much has changed and even those without real problems are allowed to do as they please hence terrible English seen everywhere

Is he proper switched on? Dyslexics are usually of above average intelligence. When I was doing my chief mate’s ticket, one of the boys in our class was dyslexic and he hardly ever revised for exams and passed every single one. Him and another lad disappeared from class and went on the piss for three days and then came back and aced a series of exams.

 

[Pow-Lo]

Having watched a mate's daughter become a "qualified" teacher, I fear for the next generation's education.
She's knocking on 30 and still behaves like a petulant 12 year old. Single, self absorbed, living at home and unlikely to wed as long as her mother continues to treat her like a princess - she's the ultimate example of what is wrong with the current crop of teachers. No maturity, no life skills and no example to set for the younger generation.

What's worse is that she honestly believes that she and her profession are every bit as heroic in this current Covid nightmare as the NHS, police and other emergency services.

Well? Does she have big tits or what?

 

[derek kelly]

Did you know most dyslexics are left handed?
I have a mate who is dyslexic, brilliant mechanic but thick as a packet of bisto

 

[Cougar377]

Well? Does she have big tits or what?

Definitely an "or what" pair.

 

[Minkey]

for the last 12 months I've doubted the reading ability of people, there's 2 big signs that state card payments only on this till, I wish I had a penny for everyone who asked me if they can pay by cash

 

[slim63]

Is he proper switched on? Dyslexics are usually of above average intelligence. When I was doing my chief mate’s ticket, one of the boys in our class was dyslexic and he hardly ever revised for exams and passed every single one. Him and another lad disappeared from class and went on the piss for three days and then came back and aced a series of exams.

He has no formal education, no qualifications and his reading is only just started to improve through using a mobile, texts from him would make no sense to 90% of people but those who know get it straight away (and its bloody funny sometimes) the best way to put it is simply a clever bloke who just cant read spell or write worth a damn

But he is very switched on, throw numbers at him and he gives you the answer almost before you can finish the question, he also has the ability to see a problem and a simple solution to most things mechanical even though he cant read a manual, stick him in front of a lathe or miller etc and he will work it to perfection and produce whatever you need.

He's been my mate for 40 odd years and the thing that gets me is if we are pissing about with a bike, I will read out carb settings (for example) and he will remember them years later with no prompting, even better if I ask what these jets came out of he will squint at the size and say "oh that was a gsxr1100k" it could have been 20 years since we did that bike and he will still know so its bloody useful