To your comment about learning now to spell, I would add that in my observation, spelling correctors (which is what we mostly have now) do more harm than good. That’s because they often change a slightly misspelled, but still comprehensible word into a correctly spelled but totally wrong word. I see instances of this at least 2 or 3 times a day. It’s annoying because it takes real mental effort to realize this has happened, and to figure out what the intended word was.
Your point about changing how and what we learn to accommodate changes in technology is a good one!
To your comment about learning now to spell, I would add that in my observation, spelling correctors (which is what we mostly have now) do more harm than good. That’s because they often change a slightly misspelled, but still comprehensible word into a correctly spelled but totally wrong word. I see instances of this at least 2 or 3 times a day. It’s annoying because it takes real mental effort to realize this has happened, and to figure out what the intended word was.
Your point about changing how and what we learn to accommodate changes in technology is a good one!
Are we competing with computers now a days?