Let’s consider that we are seeing a natural movement towards a society in which language is more oral—or in the case of texting, oral-style—where written prose occupies a much smaller space than it used to.
As such—might we stop pretending that ordinary people need to be able to write on a level higher than functional?
At The Daily Beast, John McWhorter has a radical proposition: stop teaching people to write well. Teach them to speak well instead.
