[lbo-talk] Literacies and Modern Barbarism

[Carrol Cox]

Suppose "Freshman Composition" imposed on each freshman not instruction in
writing but in musical composition, and that the final hurdle to the degree
was a senior-year test of competence in musical composition. 

Only those competent in musical composition could ever be eligible for
managerial positions at State Farm, since that company has a firm rule that
a college degree is a prerequisite to such positions. I suspect many other
companies have similar rules.

Carrol