We were told it was to foster "creativity." More and more I think it was to eliminate the idea of form and logic in favor of chaos and to eliminate the notion that there is right or wrong. Sadly, we now have two generations of this free-spirited attitude. Many teachers today cannot correct their students' spelling and grammar because they don't know proper English themselves. They have degrees in "Education," not in the subjects they teach. And to think high school students once studied Latin, Greek, logic, and rhetoric.
bt nw they cn txt on thr "smartphones" so its all gd
Yep. One of the striking Chicago teachers proudly informed a reporter: "I teaches English!"