--===============0036501501== Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by pch.mit.edu id l5I2orMK003506 worked in the physical plant of a hospital and we had a plummer there tha= t could'nt read a tape measure and guess what he was a high school grad, when i was a kid in school we had to read , write and practice grammar at home. it you dont think its the school system ask a recent grad what the square root of 2 is, most likely you will get a whats a square root. > [Original Message] > From: Gerhard Fiedler > To: > Date: 6/17/2007 11:21:33 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] Units rant > > Ruben J=F6nsson wrote: > > > But you are right, I think the education system has become worse. Perhaps > > not the education as such but there must be something wrong when kids > > can go nine years (and sometimes even more) in school and they still > > can't read and write properly. I just don't understand how these kids > > can fall through the system unnoticed (or is it uncared for?). > > I learned reading at home. It is hard to measure or even estimate, but = I'd > say I learned most of the important skills I have at home (even though both > of my parents worked when I went to school).=20 > > I'm not sure the school system is to blame for many of the mentioned > shortcomings. > > Gerhard > > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --===============0036501501== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --===============0036501501==--