Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!milgram From: milgram@paideia.uchicago.edu (Michele Sara Milgram) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.cog-eng,sci.psychology Subject: Re: Effects of poor writing? (Long) Message-ID: Date: 1 May 89 21:28:04 GMT References: <39131@bbn.COM> <1982@trantor.harris-atd.com> <2947@tank.uchicago.edu> <2970@tank.uchicago.edu> <357@itcatl.UUCP> <2000@trantor.harris-atd.com> Sender: news@tank.uchicago.edu Organization: University of Chicago, Dept of Behavioral Sciences Lines: 23 In-reply-to: chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com's message of 1 May 89 18:47:52 GMT Xref: utzoo sci.lang:4409 comp.cog-eng:1059 sci.psychology:1729 In article <2000@trantor.harris-atd.com> chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) writes: [Written communication is very effective. "Bandwidth-wise, it's impossible to beat the 35 cent paper ...."] Newspapers aren't why I think literacy will always be important. I can envision people getting the news only from non-print technologies (t.v., cable t.v., radio). But there are little details of everyday life that make literacy a necessity (or at least it's aggravating if you can't read). I live in a neighborhood where quite a number of adults can't read and can't do simple math (I'm talking adding & subtracting numbers under 3 digits). At the corner grocery store I had to help a woman get some razors, a bottle of Coke, and a six-pack of beer. When she went to pay she wasn't sure if she had enough money (she had $20). -- ---------------------------------------- Michele Milgram Internet: milgram@paideia.uchicago.edu BITnet: milgram%paideia@UCHIMVS1