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High School teachers- do you have a problem with textspeak being used in written assignments?
I am concerned that teens text each other so much using non words like "prolly", lacking capitalization, correct spelling, proper punctuation, and any semblance of good grammar. I observe with alarm the questions posted by teens on this forum, many of which are virtually unintelligible. Is this a valid concern? I am afraid that the lack of good writing skills will severely limit the employment prospects of this highly teched-out generation. I know that I would not be interested in hiring anyone who cannot express themselves through appropriately written English. What happens in schools these days? Are kids still learning to write proper English?
Sean M- From your repsonse, I can only infer that you think that learning and using proper English is unimportant. I hope that your future career choice does not involve written communication. Please do not bother to apply to my company. I hope you enjoy manual labor.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Oh mother of God, that is the most irritating thing on the planet to me. I'm a high school English teacher, and I've abridged my syllabus to state that if you use any text-speak in your paper, you get a 0, and your only chance to make it up is to do a 5-page essay on a book of my choice.
I've seen a lot of it. Not a month goes by without my having to pull out my red pen. It's terrible, what texting has done to proper grammar. The worst part, in my opinion, is the "leet" speak (leet is spelled 1337), when they throw in some numbers.
- jcurrieiiLv 71 decade ago
I am NOT a teacher, nor parent, nor working any where near the Education Industry... That being said...*I* have a problem with that kind of stupidity.
A couple of months back, there was a 30+ page thing here on this subject. The poster claimed to be a British Educator, or was quoting from something published by a British Educator essentially asking if the rules of spelling and grammer should be "loosened" to adapt to texting speech and such.
From the pages I did slog though, the overwhelming answer - and quite a few teens guilty of texting usage were in this number - was that NO it should not.
Good Luck!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
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