Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I have other undisclosed > improprieties, as well... :-) Me too! Jim Leonard J Kapner wrote: > Hi Jim: > > I stand corrected and thank you. I'm originally a Western Pennsylvanian, > and > occasionally the colloquialisms from that region still appear in my > conversations, some 35 years after I left the area. I have other > undisclosed > improprieties, as well... :-) > > Len > > -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim > Hemenway > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:13 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] declining quality now why are these illiterates > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >