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[NoelSeven]

An FYI for anyone reading, from a leading site on learning disabilities:

LD Basics

What is a Learning Disability?

A learning disability is a neurological disorder. In simple terms, a learning disability results from a difference in the way a person's brain is "wired." Children with learning disabilities are as smart or smarter than their peers. But they may have difficulty reading, writing, spelling, reasoning, recalling and/or organizing information if left to figure things out by themselves or if taught in conventional ways.

A learning disability can't be cured or fixed; it is a lifelong issue.

http://www.ldonline.org/ldbasics/whatisld

[bikerbabe]

I don't believe raincitygirl meant that a learning disability can be cured. She meant that with help you can learn compensatory skills to adjust for the disability.

[RainCityGirl]

As I said, correcting and curing are two different things. But hey, I said YOU WIN. Go pat yourself on the back and bask in your glory. You're the expert....on everything.

[NoelSeven]

On 11/10/2014 RainCityGirl said:

As I said, correcting and curing are two different things. But hey, I said YOU WIN. Go pat yourself on the back and bask in your glory. You're the expert....on everything.

Well, I have to admit I'm surprised that you resort to personal attack. I thought that kind of thing was unworthy of you, but I was wrong.

[mewsmomtoo]

I just recently got a smart phone and texting can be a challenge because it wants to auto-correct to the wrong words-the abbreviation for major league baseball ""mlb"" became ""mob"" and Oma (german for grandma) becomes ""Omar""! Wish I could turn it off or that it would ""learn"" from what I type over and over. I don't find it a helpful feature.

[VanSleepy]

On 11/10/2014 mewsmomtoo said:

I just recently got a smart phone and texting can be a challenge because it wants to auto-correct to the wrong words-the abbreviation for major league baseball "mlb" became "mob" and Oma (german for grandma) becomes "Omar"! Wish I could turn it off or that it would "learn" from what I type over and over. I don't find it a helpful feature.

You most likely can turn it off. Just Google how to turn it off for your particular device. I like the autocorrect because for the life of me, I cannot hit the right letter on my phone!

[Shorty2U]

The test was easy.

What does everyone expect? Children are no longer learning cursive in a lot of schools, so why bother with grammar? (I say sarcastically).

My youngest granddaughter is an example. She did not learn cursive in school. My daughter and I taught her cursive on our own. (The older two do know cursive).

All 3 of my granddaughters (16,14, and 10) use computers 99% of the time in school (The 2 older ones bring their electronic notebooks home every night).

Thankfully my oldest granddaughter calls out bad grammar when she sees it but they all abbreviate a lot when they text.

So grammar is going out the window along with cursive I guess?

[Nuttmeg]

On 11/9/2014 VCamp2748 said: Sad but true. I work in academia & have been disappointed to see a lack of basic writing skills among staff, faculty, undergrad & grad students. The most common error I see is the use of apostrophes before the letter s when the words are plural & not possessive or a contraction. I know my skills are not perfect, but I do better than many people.

You probably learned sentence structure in grammar school.

[LTT1]

On 11/10/2014 Shorty2U said:

The test was easy.

What does everyone expect? Children are no longer learning cursive in a lot of schools, so why bother with grammar? (I say sarcastically).

My youngest granddaughter is an example. She did not learn cursive in school. My daughter and I taught her cursive on our own. (The older two do know cursive).

All 3 of my granddaughters (16,14, and 10) use computers 99% of the time in school (The 2 older ones bring their electronic notebooks home every night).

Thankfully my oldest granddaughter calls out bad grammar when she sees it but they all abbreviate a lot when they text.

So grammar is going out the window along with cursive I guess?

Sadly I think the ability to communicate has suffered. I see teens where I work who would rather text than talk with friends.

[RainCityGirl]

On 11/11/2014 lovestoteach said:

On 11/10/2014 Shorty2U said:

The test was easy.

What does everyone expect? Children are no longer learning cursive in a lot of schools, so why bother with grammar? (I say sarcastically).

My youngest granddaughter is an example. She did not learn cursive in school. My daughter and I taught her cursive on our own. (The older two do know cursive).

All 3 of my granddaughters (16,14, and 10) use computers 99% of the time in school (The 2 older ones bring their electronic notebooks home every night).

Thankfully my oldest granddaughter calls out bad grammar when she sees it but they all abbreviate a lot when they text.

So grammar is going out the window along with cursive I guess?

Sadly I think the ability to communicate has suffered. I see teens where I work who would rather text than talk with friends.

Mankind is set apart from the rest of the animal kingdom in his ability to reason and is the only one of the animal kingdom who has a written language and can read it with understanding. With that precise written language came preservation of knowledge and on going research. Yes, we can all write in awkward garble that perhaps future generations can decipher, or maybe they can't. The clear written word endures and is the basis of knowledge, research, and preservation of cherished ideas. Fads come and go, but the written word has survived and hopefully WILL survive through the centuries.