I worked for a number of years, in the Jr High ministry at my old church. All my guys are now adults, with the older ones over 35.
One of my guys is an educator. He'd send me emails that you wouldn't believe. Spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, all terrible.
I mean TERRIBLE.
You would honestly think English was a second language to him.
I know he's got his masters, not sure about his doctorate. Last I heard from him, he claimed to be a school principal.
I pointed out his terrible grammar and spelling, and he just laughed it off, saying he has a secretary to take care of things for him.
Hey, I'm just a dumb construction worker. I don't have an advanced degree or high position anywhere. But I'm at least relatively competent at grammar and spelling. At the very least, if having problems with spelling, I can use spell check.
The way he came across, he was almost proud of his incompetence.
(By the way, despite my best efforts in his youth, he still became a liberal, who now lives in Minneapolis...where he fits in perfectly)
(He grew up reached the lawful age of adulthood in Illinois, near Chicago. Went to college in California, near LA. Now lives in Minneapolis.)
He’s indicative of what I observed when my kids were in school during the 80s and 90s.
After both military and civilian careers, I now teach IT subjects to both new and returning students who are about my sons ages. For most of them their grasp of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, critical thinking and math are barely 4th or 5th grade level. Most teachers out there and Common Core are crap; crap rich and fragrant as if it just fell from the horse or cows backside.