Jinx wrote:
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10489790
>
> You've got time for all that haven't you ?

O.M.G. :-|

> If you bought a product that took 10 years to make and it wasn't
> finished, how would you feel ? You'd go back to the people who
> are supposed (nay, required) to have made it properly, said it was
> faulty, and asked for one that worked correctly

We often get angry about our government's misuse of tax dollars. It makes me 
even angrier when the solution is simple and obvious. In the case of public 
education, the solution is "vouchers". As long as public schools remain a 
government-run monopoly, situation will continue to deteriorate.

On the business side, it should be every company's prerogative to (1) select 
only the best and brightest, and (2) fire the incompetent ones. Teaching 
employees basic literacy skills is definitely not the company's 
responsibility.

Lastly, it is the individual who is ultimately responsible for ensuring 
their employability.

"The literacy level of about 800,000 workers is such that they might 
struggle to transfer printed information to an order form - a deficiency 
cited as a factor stifling the country's economic growth."

It is hard to believe that so many people in a country with a population of 
four million have a learning disability.

Vitaliy


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