8th April 2012, 02:58 PM
I tend to agree with Wax, those who consider themselves well educated literate and numerate tend to see bad spelling and other educational problems as either laziness or inherent mental deficiency. These are attitudes that I thought were now all but obsolete, what with a more illuminated approach to educational needs now being the norm within most educational establishments. Having taken something of a break from archaeology to pursue training in the teaching / training sector, I can assure you that the barriers people find prevent them from attaining good levels of literacy and numeracy are many and varied, but a significant barrier to learning is negative attitudes much as those displayed here. I'd also like to point out that 'infinate' as used by P Prentice, is actually spelt 'infinite'. Strangely no one here seemed to pick up on this, but anybody can make a mistake so I'll give the benefit of doubt to this. Perhaps in future you may all consider doing the same.