words that irk me

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When I was in school (that's a long time ago) we were taught proper English and cursive writing etc. Once taught it sticks with you. Our kids today are growing up illiterates in way because all the spelling is done automatically by phones or computer. It's the same with doing math. Calculators weren't even invented and we did a lot of calculations in our heads or worked it out on paper.
I was in store a long time ago and there was sale on and the girl actually had to use a calculator to figure out how much 10% was. I told her of course how much is was before she figured it out.
I did that, converting 3" x 18" tile to square ft, then to linear foot before, the counter sales lady could figure it on her electric adding machine... and she does that all day long....