If you can write well, you can convince people what you know things when you dont.

DUDE. Countless people have spelt necessary correctly by now. Get it right!

I'm sorry but jesus christ, pay some fucking attention! N E C E S S A R Y. All you have to do is scroll up to see it spelt correctly.

Writing is indeed necessary, standardized testing is by no means an accurate depiction of intelligence nor learning. It's a flawed system that can never portray how well someone has learned. Reading and math do not get pushed aside for writing, nor vice versa - in fact it's more that everything gets pushed aside for sports.

I don't see what your big hangup is about writing other than that you feel lazy and don't want to do it. We've already proven it's needed so your question was answered, to continue this just suggests to me that you merely don't want to do it and are looking for some sort of validation.

If you could ever find a job where you could get by with idiotic spelling, grammar mistakes, and still maintain enough of a paycheck to support a family, children and a car and house payments, then I'd be damn, damn surprised. Even sports stars, musicians, janitors, actors, gameshow hosts, bus drivers, telephone repairmen - even goddamn register monkeys - need to write. And you will fall, and fall hard, if you maintain this attitude that it sucx y shud we do it?

And yet you can still read it. a study by an english university says that the brain doesn't read every letter by its self.

but back on topic

It is true math and reading are being brushed off for writing and standerdized testing. My mom is a reading recovery teacher, and knows that it is true. Many teachers agree as well.

by the way I am not talking about me any more, but about the US.

Just because I can read it doesn't make it any less retarded. Is it so hard to spell it right? Come on.

But I do agree, the learning practices and standards in the US are shoddy. Expensive private schools are the only places where people can really learn without having to do it all on their own time. Public schools are forced to cater to the lowest common denominator, which is very, very low.

I'd hate to go into politics, but why is the gov trying to solve it by adding more standerdised tests.

another thing that is making it worse localy is they're getting rid of the middle classes, so that you are either in the 99 persentile in math or you are with the bottem kids

in 8th grade in chapel hill you are either in geometry or pre-al

Lol, i must say i am flattered.

:fighter: <--what are the chances of Jared getting quoted?
:bmage: <--the same chance of you living through this*stab*

I am going to intervene on HoP's behalf, shiney. My own spelling is... less than perfect. On a forum like this, as apposed to an essay for school, I could almost care less about my spelling. I am not submitting my comments for publication here, nor do I expect my posts to be scrutinized for such menial details. As HoP said, you can read it, then its good. I, also, could care less how other people spell just so long as it is instantly recognizeable as the word it is intended to be. I am not looking for errors when I read a post. I consider electronic communications of all forms to be an extention of the spoken word, wherein spelling is not a factor. I will freely admit that I do not understand the mindset of someone who sees such errors. I am not sure whether it takes effort (as it would for me, since I read, as I write, for content) or whether it comes naturally, but surely one need not make a fuss over such things.

Consider it a very decided pet peeve. It's not the initial misspelling as bad. I could live with that. But continuing after it being brought up several times just got to me.

Sorry, I know I overreacted. Just, grr snap crunch! Arr!

And not caring about spelling leads to the bastardization of the language as a whole. I lament the loss of real english due to lethargy. It's like an affront to my sensibilities. :\

Spelling mistakes bug me a lot. It's one of my pet peeves. Sometimes, with certain people's lack of spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc., it makes me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

And also, you'll sound more intelligent if you type with correct spelling and punctuation. You won't just sound like you're making stuff up trying to sound intelligent. All I have to say is, "Chapel Hill, oh no. Looks like they produced another moron who can't spell and doesn't know the value of good writing. They're starting a horrible downward spiral."

I understand completely. As my mother would say, a little levin spoils the whole loaf. Once you allow simple grammatical idiosyncrisies to creap in, you start to slide more and more. In retrospect, however, E. E. Cummings published all of his poems without capitalization, strange font and page alignment and such, yet he is considered one of the greatest American poets of our time. Then again, he WAS a poet, and poets get all that legal tender that us prose fans don't.

:bmage: <--Cummings, hehehe
:wmage: *whack*