RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] People just keep getting dumber.

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Hargus, Diana wrote:

> Ok, that hurt...
> Are people like these the future of our country? I saw a recent Dear
> Abby (possibly Ann Landers) column recently where a kid was complaining
> about having to go to school and they knew everything they needed to
> know.  Is this what is happening to all the kids?  I see a lot of
> children with the same attitude and it has me wondering now.  Since a
> lot of this list is involved in some way with Academia, has anyone
> noticed the trend of "that's what spellcheck is for" in students?

I only teach grad students right now.  I would say that some people have 
an "it's only email" attitude which implies that any kind of sloppiness 
(bad grammar, misspellings, all lower case, obscure abbreviations galore, 
etc., etc.) is fine if it's in an email message.  As a professor, I feel 
that they should pretend to care about style and clarity when they write a 
message to me -- it's good practice for them.  I don't usually complain 
but sometimes it bugs me.  It definitely makes the student look bad to me.

Mike

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