[Roundtable]

I don't want to criticze American teachers, but have you noticed that
many people nowadays don't know where capital letters belong?

Is this because students can use computers to write their essays,
and no long have to write longhand into a copy book, or because
people are reading less?

I find many people, in the States especially, put capital letters in
the
miDdLe of woRds whEn tHeY wrItE and iT loOks dumB As caN be and tHis
I haVe noTIced haPeNs moSt ofTeN in tHe uS oF A so i'M kInD oF
wonDeRiNg
whAt AmeriCaN teAcHErs aRe dOinG beHinD tHeIr dEsKs in reCeSs, smOking
POt or wHAt bEcAuSE thEy suRe as heLl arE'nT teAchInG thE kiDS thE
bAsICs.

AnY AmerIcaN TV sEriEs yOU waTcH yOu sEe peOpLe wriTinG liKe tHis,
evEN
acToRs wHo haVe beEN tO univerSITy, I meAn sTUdiEd theRe nOt juSt
waLKed
in aND tOOk a LooK AroUnD tHe uNi anD tHEn wAlKed oUT aGain.

You look at movies of the forties, though, and they all write nice
longhand with
all the capital letters in the right places.

But nowadays - recent example: Morgan Freeman in the Bucket List - he
writes a list on camera and it's all cApiTal leTTerS in thE miDdle of
WorDs.

I get things I buy on Ebay from the USA with little notes, and it's
the same
thing, so it's not just actors.

I wish people would stop doing, it makes them look dumb.

RT
http://roundtable.iwarp.com

Archived from group: uk>education>staffroom

[greebo]

Bev wented:
> Roundtable warbled...
>
>> I wish people would stop doing, it makes them look dumb.

This made me wonder how someone can look dumb. Surely dumb people look
just the same as people who can speak?
--
greebs