Actually, you're the one who missed the point entirely (of my comment). I'm questioning the factual accuracy of an article in which the author claims to have gotten an A in his AP English class the senior year of high school, despite the fact that he still can't spell the word "straight" correctly. Either he's lying, or his teacher had very low standards. The former is much more likely.
I also question his interest in writing correctly, as all he would have had to do was to paste his article into Word and it would have told him that he was spelling "straight" incorrectly. The fact that he didn't even bother to do that is an even bigger concern.
There's also the fact that, rather than bothering to come up with a proper response to my initial point, you decided to attack me by calling me "very rude" and making (incorrect) assumptions about why I responded to this article. That also makes you very difficult to take seriously. Don't bother to respond until you can do so in a civilized tone.
Just going to go ahead and say it, strait is a word as is straight. The article was titled "Please Excuse my Grammar" and misusing a word is a grammar (not spelling mistake). That also seems to be part of the point of the article, did you read the last line?
The author wanted to misuse grammar to bring attention to the fact that the education system doesn't support learning. Instead the system labels individuals and attempts to keep them in those labels, rather than helping them improve.
I also question his interest in writing correctly, as all he would have had to do was to paste his article into Word and it would have told him that he was spelling "straight" incorrectly. The fact that he didn't even bother to do that is an even bigger concern.
There's also the fact that, rather than bothering to come up with a proper response to my initial point, you decided to attack me by calling me "very rude" and making (incorrect) assumptions about why I responded to this article. That also makes you very difficult to take seriously. Don't bother to respond until you can do so in a civilized tone.