I was just sharing this thread with a coworker, and she had a valid point.

"If you don't exercise you pinkies on your shift keys, how can you keep them
strong to be well mannered while drinking tea!"

Oh yea, those same people who aren't using their shift keys have probably
never drank tea.

Paul "Miss Manners, what are we to do?" Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Woods [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 1:23 PM
To: Paul Scott
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: OT: communication skills (was: new look & feel for jazz)


At  09:50 AM 9/12/00, Paul Scott wrote:
>There is no excuse for this when spell and grammar checkers are built into
>just about every application today.

Actually, the profileration of spell-check and grammar checkers *is* the
excuse.  That's because they are part of the cause of the problem in the
same way that the proliferation of calculators (and to my horror when my
children were in elementary school a required school supply!) has lead to
no one under 30 seeming to be able to do basic arithmetic anymore.  Instead
of learning how words and numbers really work at a fundamental level,
people today only seem to learn how to press the buttons on their
too-complicated electronic systems.  Word processors are more dumbed-down
desktop publishing systems than word processors.  It's a sad state of
affairs and I don't have any solid answers... only concerns.  But it's
going to get a lot worse before it gets better, if it ever gets better.

--
Jeff Woods


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