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Originally Posted by warrrreagl
I probably should stay out of this, but I really don't see where money is an issue at all here. Proper spelling is an attitude; either it matters to you or it doesn't. No matter how much money is thrown at schools (public or private), people won't take the effort to spell correctly unless they're expected to.
Johnny can go to a school that spends $100,000 per student, but he still won't care about spelling unless his parents, siblings, relatives, and friends give him shit over it. And if they don't, he'll get a job making test guidebooks loaded with incorrect spellings because it was never that big of a deal to him before.
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Yes! The main thing I've been noticing lately is apathy about things like spelling and grammar. Take internet forums for example. I feel embarrassed if I misspell a word, so I take the time to look up anything I'm unsure about before I hit the "submit" button. Others just snarl and don't care when their errors are pointed out - they simply don't care. Someone points out an error and they say "well im a bad speler so STFU." It's all in one's attitude. Take my case for example - I didn't have the benefit of the most comprehensive and well-funded education. In fact, I was basically out of school from the first half of 3rd grade all the way through to the second half of 6th grade. However, I came from a family where people cared about using the language well, so I care. Somehow an entire generation of people seems to have lost their sense of pride in writing and using the language skillfully, or at least they've redefined those terms for themselves.