Yesterday I had interesting discussion with one gentleman from UK living in Asia for 18 years. In fact we discussed less about Asia but about how the world degrades. In his opinion his student times were terrible. Neo-nazis, communists, everyone expecting 3rd World War and so on, however today, with maybe more stable world the danger comes from low level of society. I fully agree on this matter and I can spot things how we degrade. It is enough to look at language that youngsters use. People stopped paying attention to grammar, correct spelling or even basic things like capitalization within sentences. I am not any good writer but at least I try to pay attention to basics. Other thing is handwriting. When I was young we were pushed by teachers to write in our notebooks with correct hand writing. So that we could use the notes and others could read them. Today youngsters (mostly) write like chickens with their legs. Even I have figured out change in my handwriting.  read more »