An avid novelist and historian, Natalie Wexler presents America’s scary future in writing with her article “Why Americans can’t write”. Writing is an essential part in both a person’s career and personal life. The level of writing and grammar skills has dropped substantially in past years. Because of this, children’s literary work has come under heavy scrutiny. Teachers and parents alike are at a loss; no one knows where to even begin in the curriculum. The amount of knowledge varies greatly between the academic grade levels of students. Writing paragraphs are simple for some, but a complex task for many. Students are advancing in their academic “careers” without obtaining the proper knowledge of writing or grammar skills. This puts
