[Prov3456]

The current state of public education is at fault. For a generation or more, we have not wanted to hurt the students' feelings by telling them that an answer was wrong, so we just told them, "Aawwwwwwwwwww, that's nice. Try again."

In short, it's "social promotion" and feel-good, faddish teaching methods.

My prediction is that this problem will get much worse before it gets better.

[durasell]

The ability to write is just another skill that will weed out the stars from the "not ready for prime time."

[independentmind]

The current state of public education is at fault.

I don't think so. The bigger problem is that most young people today don't read--no newspapers, no magazines and no books.