People should learn to write and learn to write well. Pen and paper are a lost art because of filthy Millennials thinking they’re not necessary because they can just text their friends messages that the government can see.
I do think that Twitter and texting are making people functionally illiterate. If you ever doubt that a significant portion of our population are absolute fools, then take a look at social media. The average message looks something like this:
“U r got to be jk wit me. pics or it didn hapen. Btw, were U at, gurl?”
Also, how you write today would be described the same way to people from 200 years ago.
I doth bethink yond the young people art functionally illit’rate. If 't be true thee ev’r doubteth yond a significant p’rtion of our population art absolute daws, then taketh a behold at the schoolyard. The av’rage message looks something liketh this:
“You’ve got to be kidding me. I don’t believe you. Also, where are you?”