This has been coming for a few days now....and I simply can't keep it in any longer.

SPELLING CORRECTLY IS IMPORTANT.

I'm not talking about the odd slip here and there, we all do that.  I'm talking about a lack of basic spelling skills we all learned when we first started writing.  I'm talking about teenagers, highschoolers not being able to string a sentence together without making a mistake. 

I'm also talking about finding it funny and insignificant that you can't spell properly.  Having an attitude of 'Oh well, it doesn't matter that I look like an idiot because 7 year olds spell better than me. Hahaha...who cares?!'

I'll tell you who cares.  Prospective employers care.  Schools and organizations that you apply to join and enter care.  I care.

I care because I want you, the future of America to succeed.  I want you to have better than I had or your parents had.

I care because my future could depend on your actions.  The country's future could depend on your actions.

Call me melodramatic if you want, but if you as you are now, with your lackadasical attitude towards your education is what we have to depend on - well, I'm afraid we're going to be fucked.

I'm not saying that you can't be frivilous and silly, that you can't have any fun - I'm just saying that there's a time and a place for everything, and your education isn't something to be taken lightly, not at your age.  You're going to be out in the 'real' world in 2 or 3 years...now is the time to get serious about your future.

Not laugh and giggle because you look like a moron.

Here endeth Dharma's rant for today.