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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 12:10 pm: | |
What we are seeing in the self-publishing world is the end result of what has been happening in America's educational systems. Shoving aside all of the old tried and true methods that provided a child with a good education, a new school of thought prevailed, one where teachers, reluctant to tamper with a child's self-esteem, avoided criticism of any kind. This carried over into English classes where correct spelling and proper grammar and good sentence structure in children's themes and essays were never empasized for fear of thwarting a child's creativity. Now we have a generation of people with an abundance of false self-esteem and a lack of skills and talent thinking they can write best-sellers. |