[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I sometimes hear that teachers/administrators are trying to overload the curriculum, so as to leave little room for these "small" lessons to be taught extensively.

Or maybe they're not being taught at all?

This is a tough one. It is a combination of school, family environment, and overall socialization.

There are kids who are A students and in the National Junior Honor Society who write and speak HORRIBLY because that is how their families write and speak and how their peers write and speak.

I come from a family of college educators and my parents kept us in check. We used to hate it when we were kids because we wanted to be able to relax and speak slang or say things like "where you at." LOL. My parents were not having it because they KNEW it would socialize us to forget there is a difference.

I see that now in kids and I hate always being the one to create potentially hostile environments by correcting them.

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I guess it's hard to compare one thing to another when I didn't have the internet until I was in 7th grade, and a cell phone until 16, but kids nowadays can reprogram my computer by the time they're 5.

We didn't have the Internet until college (and we walked 100 miles to class in bare feet LOL). Sending a black screened-green lettered instant message and lower tech email were huge deals to us.

I think I got my first cellphone in college. One of the good things about being 30+ is that you remember how it was before, during, and after much of this technology existed.