Education

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E-I Survey:

"This survey has shown that the average Irish punter is... highly educated"

74% of punters are college-educated according to the survey. Yet the general level of eruditon, grammar and punctuation of the posts on this forum ranges from sub-standard at best to lamentable.

So, with the recent furore in the press over supposed grade inflation in 3rd level (it was reported that out of 1,000+ CVs sent to Dell, not one was error-free)... is the Irish education system failing badly? And, will this impact on the recovery potential of the Irish economy?

Or, is the survey inaccurate? (Maybe people were too stupid/illiterate to comprehend which button to press)

I wouldn't expect any of us to be perfect in this regard, but at least the basics of grammar etc. should be present in reasonably educated people.

Should the birch and buggery be re-introduced to primary/secondary school?

I Think in the main technology is responsible and alot of it is carlesness more than anything else,computers (spell check etc) are being left take the
responsibility and txting the bain of any language, get into a bad habit not easy get out of it. The very same applies to figures , calculators have
ruined our ability to do simple arithemitic, previous generations working in say retail could add lists of figures in a flash, but nowdays with fancy tills they would be hard pushed to add together 4 or 5 numbers. All this is the price of progress i guess