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[quote=Anonymous]This is a bit off track but I'm sure others are seeing this too.

What I've noticed with our teens is that since getting smart phones in the past 2-4 years (they got them in 9th and 8th grades so quite late compared to peers/today's younger kids), they now have the attention spans of gnats despite their strong critical thinking skills.  I really wonder if they will be able to find and succeed at jobs if they don't deal with this somehow.  We are trying to figure out yet again how to get them to consider the issues around phones which are so integral to their school work and busy lives but such a distraction during their free time.

Also I agree spelling isn't an indicator of critical thinking. The engineers in my family are notoriously horrible spellers while the artistic types aren't. Both groups have high critical thinking abilities.

I do feel for teachers and all they deal with but spelling is something kids need help with for years and OP, as others stated, you should be marking papers and requiring re-submissions. I have yet to see a teacher in high school return any sort of writing assignment with corrections and meaningful comments like ours did, plus kids are not required to write as many essays anymore.  I think problem is not just the kids.[/quote]

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