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Originally Posted by jblum315
My father owned a big country store in Virginia. He could add 4 columns of figures in his head. he would write the figures on a brown paper bag so the customer could see he wasn't cheating. He finally got a cash register, but he didn't trust it. He just used it to keep the cash in. Now I see cashiers, if they make a mistake inputting the data they have to start all over again. They aren't usually rude, bu they are dumb as a box of rocks.
Children can read but they can't write. They can't spell. They don't know punctuation. They can't write in script and they can't read script Letters to my grandchildren I have to print in block letters. It's pathetic.
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I hear you, totally. Love your Dad. They all learned the basics and used those skills in their daily lives. It's amazing how they did the math.
Now, all of our grandkids are rocket scientists, but as you mentioned with the printing, cursive is gone........I noticed that beginning back in the 1990's when our neighborhood "teens" would always print their thank you notes , etc..........rather than use cursive.
With the texting and such , the shorthand will take over for real spelling.
English teachers must cringe.........when they see "Luv ya" and other terms. My pet peeve is LOL.........not too much makes me laugh out loud.