Manie spelling errors in German schools, a study finds.
Yes, we knew it! Kids today don't know their language as well as their forebears.
A study compared school essays written in German schools over the past thirty years and supports that claim!
We are going down, well, the Germans are!
If you are a serious cultural pessimist, you need to stop reading now and wallow in the pain caused by this finding. Have a brandy or a port, and repeat "oh my" about twenty times.
There is another finding in the study, which is that today's students are quite a bit more creative in their essays.
You, the pessimist, are you still reading? Well, creativity may be overrated to some extent, creative math doesn't sound very reassuring when you are about to board a plane.
The authors of the study conclude that the increased level of creativity is a generally positive thing, and that's fine. At the end of the day, we cannot be sure if this creativity is due to improvements in school and at home or to more widespread pot use, and for this post it does not matter.
If you believe the title is a spelling error, we would like to direct your attention to a possible manifestation of creativity involving the last name of a famous author.
And in case you have an issue with the spelling of the word 'manie', please note that Queen Elizabeth I wrote it like this, and you are not going to question her Majesty's command of the English language, are you?
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