>Writing is NOT a general human skill; it is a very special technology
>_separate_ from verbal skill,
I agree completely. One name you know well will suffice to demonstrate. Muhammad Ali
> that some people will never master and
>should not be expected to master or be judged by their writing
>competence.
No argument from me. But isn't it generally assumed that a student at Berkeley will have developed the very special technology of writing?
>This is ghe genre problem again. You are not acknowledging or
>recognizing its genre. Compare it to a leaflet calling for a
>demonstration.
If that's the case I'd expect something a little more pithy. Again, I only brought up style because the thing was presented as "poetic."