Thread:Nep-Nep/@comment-26913812-20151014193423/@comment-24978536-20151022015915

Yup, that definitely wouldn't be my thing...

Did you mean to write "speech" instead of "writing" somewhere in there? Anyway, another reason could be that if you use a lot of internet slang in chats or other similar environments, as that might be another reason for language deterioration. At least, most people who I know only became worse in writing and speaking English after becoming accustomed to internet slang, though it is still just a personal guess really. Technically though, internet slang is just an another form of English language that is just as legitimate. (Language is an ever-changing thing anyway.) As such, it is not really a wrong use of language, though it may have a negative effect on what we view as Standard English language and slang is not applicable in many situtations.

I agree. Studying/working on something that you don't like is the worst even if you are gifted in it, and most likely it won't result in anything good for the person, rather the opposite. Of course you sometimes have no choice though, and in such a situtation it is good to try viewing the positive sides of what you do and try to learn to like it, at least somewhat. Upon success, everything should become much easier.

As for Swedish, it has a long history in our country, and Finland used to be part of Sweden after all. Also, around 5% of our people speak it as their primary language and it is our second official language. Majority of younger people are strongly opposed to having it as a compulsory subject in school though, me included.