Educated adults worry that ‘reading and writing on a normal level’ is becoming a thing of the past for Gen Alpha: ‘The literacy level has dropped so much in last ten years’

The whole goal of school is to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. The bare bones of knowledge. But now, according to some pundits on Twitter, some of that is starting to disappear. We all know that social media is dwindling our attention spans and the proliferation of user-friendly AI has made it easier to cheat, …
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25+ Writing Memes for First Draft Heroes

I think most folks would agree that showing up to the page can be the hardest part of the writing process. We think we need the right cocktail of inspiration, free time, and motivation. But it’s rare that those three things appear at the same time. It’s a boring truth that what it really takes …
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Hilarious Spelling Fails That Highlight the Power of Proofreading

It’s easy to write something and never go back to edit it. After all, there are only so many hours in a day to get things done, and in many jobs, if you throw something onto the page, often nobody will clock your errors. No matter your job, it’s usually a good idea to know …
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Hilarious Spelling Fails That Prove The Power of Proofreading

It’s easy to write something and never go back to edit it. After all, there are only so many hours in a day to get things done, and in many jobs, if you throw something onto the page, often nobody will clock your errors. No matter your job, it’s usually a good idea to know …
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