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[david-us.livejournal.com]

I think I've discovered a new found interest in the Russian language! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGBQQI-v_08

If my high school Russian language instructor had been Marina Orlova, I think I would've learned much more. She has a unique way of making learning fun.

David Emerling
Memphis, TN

Comments

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

Kudos to you for the outstanding work!

[oryx_and_crake]

Thank you, but this is not the point.

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

Well, my point was that illiteracy (not complete, of course:) is very wide spread among our teenagers and adolescents. I think there are multiple reasons for that:
- degrading education system
- parents have (or have had) more important things to take care of than kids' performance in Russian
- telecom systems make kids write before they know how to spell correctly
- little reading (parents, teachers, games, etc to blame)
- downloading of essays instead of writing theirs
- writing essays and speeches seems to be universally poorly taught and practiced.
- maybe spell checkers (in cellphones, MS Word, web browsers, etc)
What was yours? I merely congratulated you on your ability to correct or avoid the situation in your family. And note, I didn't say *all*.