When I was in college a few years back, I was stunned at the poor writing ability of many of he young students. Grammar, usage, and punctuation were horrendous.
I think that was one reason why I did well. I could form cognizant thoughts and express them in writing. Many in my cohort could not. And these were, for the most part, fairly intelligent people. We always worked on diction and vocabulary with our kids, as we strongly believe that it's important to present as someone who speaks and writes intelligently, especially in business and employment situations. Dan Sent from my iPad On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:01 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you! > > I was really impressed by the writing skill and the math skills (calc and > precalc) of eighth graders of 90 years ago. Very good prose. Folks with that > education can easily learn computer skills and anything else needed in > today's world. Can you imagine where we could be if eight graders knew cal > and were wonderfully proficient readers and writers and equivalent science? > A HS degree would be similar to todays' PhuD. > > Of course, and eight grade grad of 90 or 100 years ago knew how to work and > most could do as much work as a man. They had been raised with increasing > levels of responsibility, and exposed to the consequences of mistakes. Long > before Dr. Spock and "modern" parenting. > >> Hear! Hear! >> >> Huzzah! >> >> clay >> >> On Apr 11, 2013, at 7:24 PM, Dieselhead wrote: >> >>>> >>>> >>>> The highschools are doing a poor job of teaching the basics so the college >>>> picks up and provides to a great extent, what we once assumed might be >>>> learned by the end of highschool. >>>> >>>> Randy >>> >>> >>> Ever read what was expected of an 8th grade graduate of the 1920s in the >>> US? Pretty much the same as a HS graduate of the 60s or 70s. And pretty >>> much the same as a BS/BA of the 2000s. >>> >>> All in all, it is quite pathetic what schools churn out these days. >>> Especially when you consider the pricetag of 20,000 to 40,000 per year per >>> student. >> > Much of it is due to the coddling of kids by parents and gooberment. Not >> > allowing kids to work, Not requiring them to be responsible, and similar >> > things are contributing factors. >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
