Originally posted by thereaperman
While the moderators on that forum may take it to a bit of an extreme, I think they have good reason to reject posts that look like they were written by a text messaging middle-schooler. If you get a job as a Border Patrol Agent you will be required to write investigative reports when you arrest smuggling loads. Your ability to articulate in writing the reasons leading to the arrest will make the difference in whether the suspects are prosecuted or not.
In the recent mass hiring, many agents were hired who had a poor grasp of writing effectively in the English language. The new "dumbed-down" academy has dispensed with the report-writing classes, which has further compounded the problem. Add this to the fact that the graduates of the new Spanish program are unable to interview aliens or take sworn statements in Spanish, and it leads to some frustrated journeyman agents. While I think some of the mods on that forum may take their frustration to a bit of an extreme, their requests for forum users use propper grammar are not unreasonable.
You are an adult applying for a professional law enforcement job. It should not be too difficult for you to write a post in comprehensible English. Stop whining, grow some thick skin, and take the extra 30 seconds to proofread your posts there. If that is too much for you then simply look up the answers to your questions yourself. Thousands of agents have successfully made it though the hiring process and academy without advice from honorfirst,com or any other web forum.
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