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Article #501Re: Meta-literacy (was Re: a word-processor for UNIX)
From: Earl H. Kinmonth
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1989 16:19
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1989 16:19
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>Isn't that one of the reasons that people go to high school for: to >become at least moderately literate. I wouldn't have any objection to >amateur layout, if layout were as widely taught as composing text. I don't know why people go to high school. As a university teacher, I can tell you want is not done in high school: teach basic literacy. Allegedly the University of California takes the top 12.5 percent of California high school graduates. In my experience, one-third of these are utterly incapable of making coherent written statements on any subject. If the top 12.5 percent is that bad, what is the other 87.5 percent like!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb.ucdavis.edu!cck From: cck@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Meta-literacy (was Re: a word-processor for UNIX) Message-ID: <5065@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 7 Aug 89 16:19:33 GMT References: <2147@randvax.UUCP> <1627@naucse.UUCP> <PK.89Aug7114141@voltti.tut.fi> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: cck@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 11