I think we're missing two critical elements...
See below
From: John Hibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I share Steve Eskow's worries about a society not underpinned with people who have good reading and writing skills; one that is already chilly to the merits of civic responsibility
a. reading and writing are skills that are enhanced thru practice. at the moment, there is a dearth of reading matter of interest to kids, teens, and young adults. Give them something of interest to read and write, and you'll be trampled. The more they read, the more they write, the more they practice, the more they'll want to. Plug a kid into your world and he'll pull the plug. Plug a kid into HIS world and you'll have him for life.
b. "Civic responsibility" is an interesting issue given the current political climate of fundamentalist repression in the world.
I don't see many of them jumping to learn RSS.
Why would anybody "learn RSS" .. I don't know TCP/IP but it doesn't prevent me from using the products of it. So long as SOMEBODY knows it and can keep the technology alive, why would EVERYBODY need to know it?
Just my opinions
Nate Lowell
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