Ability to write a coherent 5 page paper without mistakes of grammar or spelling. Few or none of the students I have taught have been able to do this; only a minority come within hailing distance. If 25% of Americans are now getting BAs, I would estimate that at the most 10% of Americans have this ability. Possibly far fewer.
Monday, August 31, 2009
High Literacy
According to Withywindle's definition, FLG is not highly literate:
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No, no ... that's the prerequisite for basic literacy.
Trust me, your blog posts are better than virtually all papers I grade.
Withywindle: Including all uses of "fuck"?
Heh. But he uses profanity with style, for which grammar is prerequisite.
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