As sad as it is, I cringed. It took me a good 10 minutes to read and try to digest what the author was saying. In the end I gave up and asked my son to read it – the fact he can understand it troubles me, but that’s another entry in the making.

It’s become the norm among the young – the new shorthand. Unfortunately, that’s how some students write essays, hand them in, and wonder why they get an F.