<p>My mom and stepdad think it’s hilarious when anyone tries to claim that public education in the US has gotten worse since they were kids (my dad didn’t go to public schools, so he doesn’t really have the same frame of reference). They both think that their grade school educations couldn’t hold a candle to ours.</p>
<p>I disbelieve that you can’t get “kids today” to write. My siblings and I all had lots of writing in our curricula. I’m sure it varies by school system, but I don’t think it’s a generational thing. It certainly varies by state - I went to schools in both Georgia and Kentucky, and while the Kentucky system had its problems, writing was much more heavily emphasized, and kids were writing better at younger ages.</p>