Up until the late 1800s, many people could not read or right unless they were wealthy enough for afford an education for their children and/or themselves. It was a luxury, and it would appear as though the same situation is close at hand. Many teenagers, and even adults, have trouble reading and writing. How is that even possible given our education standards today?
When public schools began to pop up all over, here and there, everywhere, children almost couldn't get enough of it. Getting an education is something everyone wanted to get so that they could get a better job than a factory worker who may have a chance of getting their limbs cut off by they big-ass machine.
However, nowadays children and teenagers alike are more reluctant to accept a proper education and actually learn how to spell words that consists of more than four letters, because, hey, when are they going to use this in their lives, right? You couldn't imagine how many times I've heard bullshit like that from going to elementary, junior high, and halfway through high-school. I heard this in geometry class when learning about how tangents. A classmate, let's call him Rumpelstiltskin, asked my geometry teacher, Mr. Pattywhackgiveadogabone, "Uh, Mr. Pattywhackgiveadogabone, when am I ever going to use this in my life?" Mr. Pattywhackgiveadogabone gave Rumpelstiltskin a sort of tired look and said, "Look, I can't guarantee that you'll ever use this in your daily life. Someone like you probably won't. But if you're not going to learn it for the big and bad outside world, then at least learn it so that you can pass my test."
My teacher gives a good point. You're not going to use everything you learn in school outside of it, however, why not pay attention so that you can at least graduate without all D's and not be asking customers, "Would you like a brink with your dig mac?"
The actual topic is literacy. While I myself am not a literate god, I do consider myself pretty damn good with the subject. However, most teenagers anymore could care less which version of 'there' they're using. Most can't tell the difference between there, they're and their because they never pay attention in class long enough to learn that an apostrophe actually matters. I also like it when kids complain and say, "Well I don't learn anything in Mr. Fittlesticks class because he doesn't teach well." I don't care if the teacher bores you to death (though I would prefer that), it's your job as a student to pay attention to Mr. Fittlesticks and shut the hell up.
I also have to take into account texting and instant messaging. More than half the texts you'll ever receive, or all of them if you and your friends are complete morons, will look like this:
BarberJoe: hey man wats going on
BarberJoe: hey man wats going on
Lemsworth: nm hey wat u doing 2day after scool
BarberJoe: i mite go se that new movie trnsfermers 2 u can cum if u want
Lemsworth: lol you sed cum
BarberJoe: dud shutup your gay
If you get people texting like this all the time, you're (that's you're, not your, dumbass) bound to get people to fuck up when they actually have to write a paper report on how the local propane shop is going to explode if they keep leaving dem der tanks settin out in da sun.
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