I'm hopeless at grammar and spelling .  It's my parents fault . It's my teachers fault .  Everybody's fault but mine . The school I attended was so rough I considered myself a success because I left school without bullet holes or a gang membership tattoo .   My dear old mom felt so bad for me that as a young adult she bought me a battery powered spelling machine.  I was screwed from the start as back then you had to know most of the correct spelling for the machine to tell if you were correct or not . I want to tell you I'll try to do better , but I'd be lying . Just like if I told you Obama was a great president.