stik ure self richus atitude ware the sun dont shine

I'm elderly now, and have been very saddened at the dumbing down of recent generations. I think LITERACY is a foundation of civilization, without which we have no standards. A couple centuries ago, kids graduated from elementary school with some knowledge of Greek and Latin and pretty good acquaintance with the classics of literature. In elementary school I learned to diagram sentences, and even the weakest minds knew when capital letters were the proper protocol. It seems that this EJ is flashing in our faces the conspicuous evidence of society's decline. It's depressing.


Whitebeard, you are missing the key piece of information about him - he is severely dyslexic. My husband, who is 62, is also severely dyslexic as is his son, now 40. My husband just learned to read in the past five years - before he couldn't read a roadsign or write a check. It has nothing to do with IQ or education, unless they get special tutoring...then they can learn to read. But spelling remains a permanent challenge, as they can only spell phonetically (what it sounds like). This poster spells phonetically. If you read what he writes and listen to the "sound" of his spelling rather than the visual input, he conveys very clearly what he is trying to communicate.

It is a brain difference, not an educational or attitudinal difference. BTW, 80% of all incarcerated males are dyslexic and can't read functionally - and 1 in 5 males are dyslexic to one degree or another. We have a foundation that sponsors special tutoring for dyslexic youth who are incarcerated, so they can learn to read and have a decent chance at life once released. Enough said.