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Reuben Chemmanam K. Medlin English 2 5 September 2013 The Ugly Facts The outline of this author?s article implies that America?s new generation is heading into a discouraging future. Furthermore, she states that only 33 percent of eighth-graders and 24 percent of twelfth-graders were proficient at writing with only a pencil and paper in 2007. The author blames misspelled advertisements, language-poor environments, and schools. Her argument mostly dwells on the lax method of teaching writing in modern education. The article suggests we push every one of our pupils to learn how to write despite their learning styles. Overall she says that teaching the students how to write proficiently makes them successful in life.