Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jim: I stand corrected and thank you. I'm originally a Western Pennsylvanian, and occasionally the colloquialisms from that region still appear in my conversations, some 35 years after I left the area. I have other undisclosed improprieties, as well... :-) Len -- -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Hemenway Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:13 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] declining quality now why are these illiterates Len: I understand your argument however "how come" is improper. It should be... "why can't they cross" not "how come they can't cross" Jim Leonard J Kapner wrote: > Bob, > > If the "larger problem" you contend is true, then our society's education > mechanism (not just the schools!) has failed these individuals, allowing > them to mature without a sense of self-worth, or the potential value of > their prospective contribution to the whole. This is a bleak and disturbing > conclusion, and one that is apparently at odds with the desire to become > educated. > > If your students are studying to express themselves in music, how come they > can't cross the chasm to understand that expressive skills are part of a > critical social set that includes the spoken and written word, not just > notes on an instrument, played to a beat? > > Why has that concept become so difficult to understand? > > Len > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information