I hire college students to intern in the museum for which I work, and as part of the application process I require that they submit a college-level paper so that I can see how well they write (writing is part of the job). And the one person who wrote the most beautifully in the seven years I've been doing this was a native Danish speaker. The American college students couldn't write their way out of a paper bag. Quite frightening, actually.... (Even more frightening is that most of them can't identify the parts of a ruler or do basic fractions-- also things the job requires since we hang art to specific measurements. Meanwhile, my Danish student did all her calculations in metric and then converted them--correctly--to Imperial.)
Astrida ******************************* Astrida Schaeffer, Assistant Director Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire Paul Creative Arts Center 30 College Road Durham, NH 03824-3538 603-862-0310 FAX: 603-862-2191 www.unh.edu/art-gallery ******************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Zuzana Kraemerova > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:59 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Languages - OT > > I hope you won't kill me for this...but when I was studying in America (at > the age of 12), most of my schoolmates made such terrible spelling > mistakes.... it's quite funny, but I was one of the few students who > managed to get an A in spelling:-D > > Zuzana > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it weren't completely OT, I'd love to > post some of the things my American college students write in English > class. And, as you say, for most of them English is the only language > they've got. > --Ruth Anne Baumgartner > scholar gypsy and amateur costumer > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Land of Oz > >Sent: May 6, 2008 1:01 PM > >To: Historical Costume > >Subject: [h-cost] Languages > > > >Bjarne, I *never* make fun of anyone who speaks more than one language! > but > >I do get a chuckle out of the occasional malaprop. I only speak the one > I > >was born to and I admire anyone who can communicate in more than one > >language. > > > >My mother speaks 4 fluently and can get along in two others. Her native > >language is French and I can limp along a little, but my cousins were > >terribly amused to find that I had HORSE on my head, not hair. or was it > >hat? > > > >Anyway, you do just fine in English -- far better than most of the people > on > >this list could do in Danish, I'd guess. Don't let it bother you if we > >sometimes get a smile from something you wrote -- A smile a day is > healthy! > > > >Denise > >Iowa > > > >_______________________________________________ > >h-costume mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
