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Of the many items in the article that stood out to me, the most interesting were how education has gradually accepted mediocrity as acceptable.

Why do we allow students to achieve and move on to the next grade level, all while having spelling and gramatical errors. Society does not accept these types of errors.

Students wear their ineptitude as a badge of honor, they are not embarrassed to turn in writing that is peppered with errors.