Is English really the place for "txt to tlk"?

[Kinthia]

I was in my English class watching a power point presentation and I noticed something strange on about five of the slides. I noticed that when the girl who was presenting was saying the word "you" she was reading her slide that has the letter "U" for the word instead. Is it just me or does it seem like a presentation should not have that in it?  

[splashseal]

In a presentation? Absolutely not. It does seem weird to have that in a classroom setting, particularly an English class. It was like this one student that I was tutoring. He started to type his paper using "txt talk" and I had told him to type out his words (sad that you have to tell someone to do that :/ ), and then I had told him that he should use "for" and not "four". The icing on the cake was when he asked me how to spell it. "Txt talk" does not belong in the classroom at all.  

[Kinthia]

I'm so glad that I'm not alone on this. I wish my teacher didn't run out of rubrics. I would've said something about it. Though, I wouldn't have said anything directly to her. Shes too nice to me.  

[rae-chan-sensei]

One of my partners on a project last year in Anatomy did that with our slide show. I fixed it before we presented it.

But here are the two kickers:
1. She was in her second year at college.
2. Her major was education.

I cried a little bit on the inside. Poor little kids that she'll end up teaching... they'll be all types of ******** up. sweatdrop  

[Kinthia]

That does remind me, since my Stepdad goes to college, and works at one, he's told me some horror stories about how some of them can't type and the such. I feel bad for myself for when I go to college.  

[splashseal]

I know the feeling. This girl I know is going into education, with the intent to teach second grade or the likes.

The bad thing? Her grammar (or I should say, lack of, rather) is atrocious. She's getting them young, and that is bad. We think we have stuff to complain of now? I would hate to see what their English will be like.  

[Nate McCloud]

I once had to tutor a woman in AutoCAD...in fact, I think it was Fall of 2005. The woman dropped out of high school and didn't get her GED until age 30. She's loud, obnoxious...and don't even get me STARTED on her spelling.

I have to wonder how some of these people passed their spelling classes in elementary school.