There's something to be said for illiteracy
Some people shouldn’t be taught to write. It’s marking time again. PreAL did their exams on Monday and Tuesday, which means that the holiday is going to be spent marking. Here is a sample of the genius I’ve had to endure so far: When a person take bus in China, you will feel unhappy even angry because of so many people. He can’t keep his position in the bus. This is not helped by this particular nitwit’s frequently awful handwriting. The second writing task is meant to be an opinion piece about the advantages and disadvantages of cars. Even although I warn the little darlings to write on one side or the other, I can see them taking the “and” a little too literally as an injunction to consider both sides of the argument. But, Mr Looms observes, there seems to be no official issue with this approach. From experience, I’d always say that this is a Bad Thing™ because it can bugger up the cohesion quite badly. Exam prep books tend not to give clear guidance on the matter since ...