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From: nather@ut-emx.UUCP (Ed Nather)
Newsgroups: soc.college,comp.edu
Subject: Re: Student and Course Integrity
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Date: 5 Jan 89 19:11:17 GMT
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In article <13206@bellcore.bellcore.com>, duncan@geppetto.ctt.bellcore.com (Scott Duncan) writes:
> In article <1217.23C35B05@rubbs.FIDONET.ORG> Mike.Wasylik@f419.n115.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Wasylik) writes:
> > 
> Well, as an English teacher, I can't let this get by, right? :-)  I think good
> communication skills are VERY IMPORTANT anymore. 

Say what?

You can say "... NOT very important any more"; is that what you meant, and
just left out the "not?"  Or you can say "...are very important these days"
or "...now" but not as you phrased it.

I agree it's useful to be able to communicate.  But in this day and age
of "reading skills" and "writing skills" and "thinking skills" I would
phrase the thought without the use of the idiotword "skills."

Try expunging it -- and the shallow thoughts it represents -- from your
vocabulary.  You'll like it.


-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin