Yes, Spelling Should Count

In the article, "Does Spelling Count," the writer is mainly pointing out how in today's education system we label things and slap any name we could think of on an education skill. It takes the life out of learning and makes schools seem like a military base. A big and very true point that the writer made in this article was when she said, 

"These children have been taught from a very young age that their "grades" matter more than the actual purpose of the assignment -- just like "subjects" trump true learning."

I agree with this statement very much. If you were to give students an multiple choice answer sheet and tell them that every single letter answer will be in order, they will memorize the letters, not the content. The harsh truth is that most kids don't care about the content. They care about their grades. If kids cared about content they wouldn't be asking, "Does spelling count?" 
The more we realize the actuality of how little kids care, the more we can work on it and get them to love learning.