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To: kidl who wrote (100999)8/7/2018 3:55:39 PM
From: Sweet Ol2 Recommendations

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goldworldnet

  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110623
 
Writing skills are also poor among the young. Way back when, we got our first WordPerfect at the office. I wrote up a bunch of form letters and any other letter that went out had to be approved by me or my partner. I was amazed at how people got a 3.5+ GPA in collage and couldn't write a decent paragraph.

But now I am retired and probably no one cares how bad the tweets, emails and text messages are.

Blessings,

SOJ

P.S. Dangling participles: Churchill said, "Such impudence, up with which I will not put."



To: kidl who wrote (100999)8/7/2018 4:00:16 PM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110623
 
Elite prodigies can do amazing things, but I'm still concerned about mainstream kids.

Today an Associate Degree is about as marketable as a High School diploma once was.

Josh

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To: kidl who wrote (100999)8/7/2018 10:18:52 PM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110623
 
The lack of math skills is disturbing. The spelling difficulties aren’t.



To: kidl who wrote (100999)8/8/2018 9:40:01 AM
From: sm1th1 Recommendation

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goldworldnet

  Respond to of 110623
 
Without basic math skills these kids don't recognize these monumental errors.
That was the great advantage of slide rules, you had to know approximately what the answer should be. With a calculator, or computer, it is too easy to assume the output is correct.