PeakOil 352 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 At work we advertised a vacancy for a school leaver to join us, be put through college and uni if they want while working their way up, all paid for by work. The company asked for a CV with a hand written letter. 90% of the applications found their way very quickly in to the bin without being properly looked at, mainly because the applicants used text talk in the CV and / or application letter. Or the spelling and grammar was so poor it gave the skivvy told to try and decipher it (me) a headache. My spelling and grammar is far from perfect, but I do make an effort. God knows what sort of a future the semi literate text speak generation in the UK have, faced with increasing competition from well educated, literate Chinese / Indians / Eastern Europeans. It speaks volumes when someone who speaks English as a second language is more coherent than a native who has been 'educated' in its use for 11 years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martnmagik 68 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Just watching a thing on the tv about a class of 9 year olds, f**k sake, loads of them cant read or write!!!.......shocking, the parents should be ashamed of themselves! And hows this for a clever idea by the teacher, put the disruptive kid next to a kid that actually wants to learn as a role model........result......the poor kid that wants to learn gets driven mad!!! wtf! not always the parents fault mate, my lad came home the other day and gave me the change from his dinner money it was taped to a note saying dinner money change 20p.........but then i looked again and there was 2 5ps .... and these people are supposed to be teaching the kids! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 48,468 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 not always the parents fault mate, Really?......how does anyone fail to notice that their child cant read properly or write by nine years old?.....I am not saying teachers are perfect, far from it, but surely something like that anyone would get sorted themselves? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scalesntails 118 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 At work we advertised a vacancy for a school leaver to join us, be put through college and uni if they want while working their way up, all paid for by work. The company asked for a CV with a hand written letter. 90% of the applications found their way very quickly in to the bin without being properly looked at, mainly because the applicants used text talk in the CV and / or application letter. Or the spelling and grammar was so poor it gave the skivvy told to try and decipher it (me) a headache. My spelling and grammar is far from perfect, but I do make an effort. God knows what sort of a future the semi literate text speak generation in the UK have, faced with increasing competition from well educated, literate Chinese / Indians / Eastern Europeans. It speaks volumes when someone who speaks English as a second language is more coherent than a native who has been 'educated' in its use for 11 years. I hate having to do handwritten applications. Even if I take a minute to carefully write each letter it still looks like a 4 year old wrote it. My handwriting is awful but my spelling and grammar is fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martnmagik 68 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 not always the parents fault mate, Really?......how does anyone fail to notice that their child cant read properly or write by nine years old?.....I am not saying teachers are perfect, far from it, but surely something like that anyone would get sorted themselves? i have no idea mate but my ex did ,ive just got custody of two of my lads the eldest being six and he cant even spell his own name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Haven't see the program, but some parents I know need a f*****g good shake. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 28,894 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Never saw the program,glad I didnt to be honest,the one thing,probably the best thing we can pass onto our kids is education,if my kids couldnt read and write I would feel I had failed them,times are changing,chinese and indian kids are cram-schooling,their grasp of math,english and science is frightening,the employment market of the future is going to be incredibly competitive.I remember wanting to go to uni when I was 16,my old man said dont be stupid,get a job One of my kids wants to be a vet,one vacillates between being a doctor or a saturation-diver I would gladly spend the rest of my days kipping in a gutter if I could help them achieve this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 48,468 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 I would gladly spend the rest of my days kipping in a gutter if I could help them achieve this. :thumbs: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lunita 57 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 my spelling and grammer has got terrible and keep getting warniings for text talk on here and its all from using my phone and emailing..drives me potty as i forget to write things properly..and i did really well in school and got my bsc degree ..lol. Was so proud of my little one the other day shes not 2 yet and counts to ten . I have to admit i dont know how i'l be able to afford to send her to university if they keep putting these fees on learning though . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepitcovert 842 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) John prescott said there was nothing wrong with a comprehensive education, then promptly sent his kid to a private school says it all really. Edited July 15, 2011 by keepitcovert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchergrrl 1,441 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 There's no money left for our schools, to help our children and our teachers ... it's all in Pakistan helping their kids Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SEAN3513 7 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Its not always the parents fault ???? As a parent you are ultimately responsible for your children I have sat for hours with mine...doing school work, because as a parent I wish for them to acheive everything they are capable of , its my responsibility to ensure this happens, not the schools , granted they have a part to play ,but as said if you relied solely on them you would be letting your children down....big time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) i can remember as a kid,not being allowed to leave the table till my homework was done.i was a good kid at school,as far as reading and spelling went.im absouletly hopeless at written arithmetic.i bet kids in primary school are better than me.i could just never grasp that.reading as i said was good read loads of books and still do.kids today have far more distractions in thier lifes and hate to say it but parents of our time,had far more time for the kids imo. Edited July 15, 2011 by scothunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lilvixen 26 Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 not always the parents fault mate, Really?......how does anyone fail to notice that their child cant read properly or write by nine years old?.....I am not saying teachers are perfect, far from it, but surely something like that anyone would get sorted themselves? I don't think it is a case of not noticing, its more they just don't care. I had some truly eye-opening times when we lived in the Borders a couple of years ago. I had to pay the beaters on the first shoot day of the season, they were meant to fill in a form with their name and address. There would have been about a dozen lads between 16 and 20, nice lads but Im not lying when I say 2 couldn't write there own name and another 3 couldn't spell the name of the town they live in! On the subject of teachers and schools we are seriously considering home schooling when ours get older, it just seems one disruptive child gets 10 times the attention and resources the children who are behaving and wanting to learn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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