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From: sandberg@ipla01.hac.com (K. M. Sandberg)
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Subject: Re: Against educational fads (was: math credit)
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Date: 14 Dec 90 00:14:59 GMT
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In article <27748@cs.yale.edu> horne-scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne) writes:
>...
>I don't think so.  The problem is that students aren't exposed to enough good
>writing.  If they never see any, how can they possibly produce any?
>...

I have a "teacher" at C.S.U.N. that makes me look like a GREAT writer.
If the teachers can't write, how do you expect the students to learn?
I think that the above is very true. It is funny that the students
have to take writing tests, but it appears that the teachers do not.



						Kemasa.
--
It would be interesting if people would listen to what they are saying,
but then again others are not listening either, so why should they?

e-mail address: sandberg@ipla01.hac.com