<p>English skills are on the decline. UIUC found a rising rate of functionally illiterate college students in a recent study. We have quite a ways to go. :(</p>
<p><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/01/20/college_students_lacking_skills/%5B/url%5D">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/01/20/college_students_lacking_skills/</a>
Pitiful.</p>