Whatâ€™s happened to education? â€“ Rant

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:08 am

Having a browse on flebay and found this example here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-YAMAHA-yzf-7 ... dZViewItem what the hell are folk being taught in schools these days? (if this guy ever went)

Now as far as I can see, this guy has and English name and lives in England so you would expect him to have English as his first language. Obviously not! I never passed my English exams at school but at least I try to make an attempt at stringing a sentence together and trying to spell words correctly. An art that this knuckle dragging Neanderthal seems to be unable to, or too lazy to, attempt. I blame text messaging and the internet.

Hands up anybody else who would feel embarrassed to put their name to the description on that advert?

I'm always in awe of the folk on here who donâ€™t have English as their first language but can construct a sentence better that this nob head here! Well done to you all.

His bike is fiddler as well

Is it just me?

commander · Post by **commander** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:17 am

his english sucketh!!

stevieVTR · Post by **stevieVTR** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:21 am

Eye dout c wot awl d fussss is abowt d byke is gr8 n wots rong wiv d ad

mayb his Richard-slecksic

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:26 am

stevieVTR wrote:mayb his Richard-slecksic

e cood wel b

Post by **kevg** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:58 am

i like the way he blanked out the reg plate on the butt end view, then totally forgot on the 3/4 views.

showing his class again.

iggy1966 · Post by **iggy1966** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:03 am

I find it staggering that anyone can be that stupid and that incompetent in the use of there own language!!!!!!!!!!

I think that he must be one of those "window lickers on there way to the special school" types.

I agree with you Cupa on the people from other countries who can speak and write better than many of the natives, it's embarassing.

and yeh..... the bike is crap

pmcq · Post by **pmcq** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:15 am

I'd say now he came off that bike a few times more than he should and hit his head - that is unbe-fecking-lievable!! Maybe he is trapped in SMS-Land or something:

Corrections:
1: cheep = cheap
2: lites = lights
3: trubel = trouble
4: vale = valve
5: bin = been (x 2)
6: as = has
7: rased = raised
8: mack = make
9: feal = feel
10: wen = when
11: ppl = people
12: wont = want
13: to = too
14: as = has
15: carat = cannot
16: relly = rilly (x2)
17: wos = was
18: strenfend = strengthened
19: tork = torque
20: coted = coated
21: ull = all
22: ull = I'll (a second meaning!)
23: reseat = receipt

Fecking space-cadet.

I blame the parents!

pmcq · Post by **pmcq** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:17 am

I suppose now I'll get slated for writing 'rilly' - that of course should read 'really' ... doh!!

Post by **sirch345** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:36 am

Hey Rich, you're not thinking about getting a Yammy are you

Chris.

Max · Post by **Max** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:44 am

Wasn't David Blunkett in charge of education at one point ?
Perhaps it's his fault as everything else seems to be at the moment.

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:58 am

sirch345 wrote:Hey Rich, you're not thinking about getting a Yammy are you
Chris.

No thanks, had 2 of them and that's enough.

Post by **sirch345** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:19 pm

cupasoop wrote: No thanks, had 2 of them and that's enough.

Glad to hear it Rich

Chris.

PS. Getting back to your original rant as you put it, I think( as you mentioned) its just being pure lazy. Youngsters of today just can't be bothered, its just to much hassle

and that goes for most things, not just spelling. That seems to be the attitude of, not all, but most of them IMO

VTRgirl · Post by **VTRgirl** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:26 pm

I couldn't even bring myself to look at the picture after that! The only thing I'm ashamed of, as an Australian, is our pathetic grasp of the English language. A couple of friends of mine, both teachers, deliberately taught their daughter to say "haitch" instead of "aitch" for "H" because they knew it irritated me. When I asked why they were knowingly teaching their child the wrong thing, they told me to lighten up. Apparently "it's not important, as long as you get your point across". I was completely dumbfounded. These are the people teaching our next generation.

I asked one guy I chatted to on the net what his first language was, not even considering it could have been English... His grasp of his own language was so poor, he didn't even realise what I meant!

And I can't see it going anywhere but down from here.

pmcq · Post by **pmcq** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:53 pm

I've just had a brainwave!!

Why doesnt someone 'ask the seller a question'...

here's one: any chance you could translate that for me? :-)

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:35 pm

my education was a bit different,,,i got ho ho levels in laughter...a hay level in farming..i also got a gce in metal work and an o level in biology...so..if you want your cat welded...im yer man!!