Yo, Mikey, cn w put ya up 4 ya talk @ t LUG meet nxt wk?
(damn that's hard) On Wednesday 14 October 2009 11:30:07 Mike Barnard wrote: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Chris Wilson > <[email protected]<chris%[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Although to be honest I think we'd better get used to it than try to > > change their ways. The future belongs to them, not to us. > > while looking through CV's a while back, hoping to get the best of the best > in a given techie position, the first criterion to dismiss applicants was > the content contained in their CV. The future may belong to young folk, but > poor writing does not mean they will take up the positions to have it > belong to them. I think there needs to be a distinction between writing out > a chat to a friend and jotting down a *formal* writing or, as some put it > these days, a semi-formal writing. > > It is really shaming for a country that has one of the highest rating of > literacy rates (76%) to have someone write something like this to their > lecturer. > > As someone pointed out, spell checkers and dictionaries embedded in almost > all our electronic composers have left many useless in correct writing of > words, let alone their pronunciation. Chat lingo has crippled whats left of > good writing. > > If I were you, Bagyenda, I would probably print out the email and take 10 > minutes out of the next class to distinguish between a formal writing and a > writing to a drinking friend. > > Ignoring this does not help the student and many others like him. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
