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"McCormick was a high school dropout, but he was able to read and write …" As a high school dropout myself, I'm a little insulted by the implication that all h

• fluidcruft 16y ago
  On the other hand, hopefully we don't graduate illiterates.
  • jarin 16y ago
    Well, I guess that depends on whether your standards for literacy include knowing the differences between "they're", "there", and "their".
    • electromagnetic 16y ago
      Personally, having worked as a writer and wanting to be a novelist, my standard for literacy does include knowing the differences between "they're/there/their", "we're/were/where/wear", etc. So from what I've seen about 50% of students are graduated illiterate. I'd also add that they should know how to use who and whom, but then that would be making our population 90% illiterate.
      • DanielBMarkham 16y ago
        Whatever happened to whom? You never hear or read it anymore. It's gone the way of will and shall, nobody seems to know or care about the difference. "Do not ask for who the bell tolls..." -- sounds like crap, but that's the way they'd write it today.
        • andrewcooke 16y ago
          no they wouldn't. they'd write "don't ask who the bell tolls for." which sounds fine.