A genuine question
Are English teachers still allowed to teach English these days? In other words, at some point in the curriculum will children attend a lesson where they're taught the difference between your and you're, less and fewer, who and whom, tenses, nouns, verbs, adverbs, the subjunctive mood etc.? Or is it all "all that's important is how well you express yourself, dear"?
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 13:42, 2 replies)

Not really sure
but a few years ago, during a doomed attempt to learn Italian, I discovered that a number of my (apparently intelligent and educated) fellow students didn't know what "vowels" and "nouns" were, never mind "adjectives" and "adverbs".
(Mork, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 13:51, closed)

Can't call the kids "dear"
It implies all sorts of things, prompting parents to say
"Whatcha call my kids dear for? Are you a pado or sumfink like that one off of the telly? If I find out you are, I'm gonna slit your throat" etc.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 13:53, closed)