[MV=PY]

"Excellent grammar there, Mr. Joe Hutchison, author."

Another fine product of our education system.

Many resumes I receive these days are poorly written. I reject them. A resume should represent the applicant's finest work. Apparently, many college graduates simply don't know how to write.

When I went to high school, proper English was a basic requirement for graduation.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It is appalling, isn’t it?

Not just writing and grammar, either. I was in the grocery store a couple days ago to buy some roast beef. I asked the young man (maybe 18 or 19) at the deli for eight ounces. He said “We don’t sell it by the ounce, only by the pound.” Hoo boy. I’d heard this before at another store in town.

I asked him “What fraction of a pound is eight ounces?”
“I dunno.”
“OK, how many ounces in a pound”
“I dunno.”
“There are sixteen ounces in a pound. I want eight ounces. What fraction of a pound is that?”
“I dunno.”
“Eight ounces is half of sixteen. How much do I want?
“I dunno”
(going nuts with exasperation) “I want a half pound.”

We are so doomed. At least he isn’t working at SpaceX.

[Bikkuri]

"When I went to high school, proper English was a basic requirement for graduation."

All the way to, "can I", and, "may I".