Not so sure about our *Education System(s) though [best if I refer to *them in the plural sense, as the state-run establishments we have in Scotland vary a great deal from their counterparts in the rest of the UK ... and, to the best of my knowledge, always have done since schooling became compulsory in the 1870s].
It is well-documented that these days, there's an ever-increasing number of school-leavers with far more A-Levels/Highers/Standard Grades, whatever, tucked under their belt than at any time in the past. Yet, how many of those youngsters have sufficient grounding in the so-called '3-R's'? Indeed, it's much the same story with university graduates ... a goodly proportion of whom can neither spell nor count properly.Sure, they're whizz kids with computers and the like. But their basic command of the English Language can be abysmal, thanks to the ubiquitous practice of phonetic texting. And their constant reliance on electronic calculators takes away the need to work out the simplest forms of mental arithmetic in their heads.
So much for progress. In my opinion (for what it's worth) Modern Technology has a lot to answer for! But then, perhaps I'm just an old "fuddy-duddy" and ...I'd better stop NOW - lest I begin to seem like a carbon-copy of our "late" (un)lamented contributor, Ayjay!
