[lbo-talk] Writing semiliterate English (advice)

[Doug Henwood]

On Jul 11, 2008, at 11:00 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> The core evil of u.s. education, is its grounding in the assumption  
> that
> writing is an index to intelligence.

Gee, I thought the problem with U.S. education is that it taught  
people to show up on time and obey the boss, not how to read, write,  
or think. Why do Americans write so badly?

Doug