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# Race for Ignorance
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1020/
- Published: 2005-05-16T19:59:43.000Z
- Updated: 2005-05-16T19:59:43.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

The mother country is leading the way to dumbed-down education. What is it now? Spelling doesn't count on English tests. Link to [The Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/15/nspell15.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/15/ixhome.html&ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Opening paragraphs:

> Skool xams definitly aint what they used to be. Concern about the nation's spelling abilities may have spawned a best-selling book and a television series, but for today's pupils, ignorance of "i before e except after c" is no barrier to success.

> Examiners marking an English test taken by 600,000 14-year-olds have been told not to deduct marks for incorrect spelling on the main writing paper, worth nearly a third of the overall marks.