Pendarvis Theory of Technology: "..., it is my theory that
everything wrong with everything is the fault of language teachers.
"If a child is taught that it is all right if you mis-spell a word occasionally, or don't always punctuate exactly correctly, then you are teaching that child that small mistakes are okay, as long as people know pretty well what is meant. I feel this is a dangerous attitude to foster in a highly technological society."
from William Tuning's novel Fuzzy Bones
He goes on with an example that could have come from what I have read about one of the difficulties that contributed to the problems at Three-Mile Island; not paying enough attention to what the instruments were saying (as an example of inadequate attention to detail).
Steve Allen's Dumbth ( http://www.amazon.com/Dumbth-Thinking-Reason-Better-Improve/... ) discusses how things have broken down in general over decades; and it long pre-dates the texting and Twitter used as excuses for sloppy grammar several of the essays' writers fall back on.
"If a child is taught that it is all right if you mis-spell a word occasionally, or don't always punctuate exactly correctly, then you are teaching that child that small mistakes are okay, as long as people know pretty well what is meant. I feel this is a dangerous attitude to foster in a highly technological society."
from William Tuning's novel Fuzzy Bones
He goes on with an example that could have come from what I have read about one of the difficulties that contributed to the problems at Three-Mile Island; not paying enough attention to what the instruments were saying (as an example of inadequate attention to detail).
Steve Allen's Dumbth ( http://www.amazon.com/Dumbth-Thinking-Reason-Better-Improve/... ) discusses how things have broken down in general over decades; and it long pre-dates the texting and Twitter used as excuses for sloppy grammar several of the essays' writers fall back on.