[Leica] declining quality now why are these illiterates

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Len:

I understand your argument however

"how come" is improper.

It should be...

"why can't they cross"

not

"how come they can't cross"

Jim




Leonard J Kapner wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> If the "larger problem" you contend is true, then our society's education
> mechanism (not just the schools!) has failed these individuals, allowing
> them to mature without a sense of self-worth, or the potential value of
> their prospective contribution to the whole. This is a bleak and disturbing
> conclusion, and one that is apparently at odds with the desire to become
> educated.
> 
> If your students are studying to express themselves in music, how come they
> can't cross the chasm to understand that expressive skills are part of a
> critical social set that includes the spoken and written word, not just
> notes on an instrument, played to a beat?
> 
> Why has that concept become so difficult to understand?
> 
> Len
>