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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
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- Subject: Re: Programmers
- Date: 12 Sep 1992 02:35:40 GMT
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- References: <BuBBoJ.un@rice.edu> <peterd.716085594@pjd.dev.cdx.mot.com> <1992Sep11.165639.24682@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM>
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- In article <1992Sep11.165639.24682@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM> rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky) writes:
- >a. Ability to spell.
- >b. Ability to write simple, complete sentences in any language.
- >c. Ability to communicate what they claim to know.
-
- These skills are useful for everyone, not just computer professionals, and
- lack of these skills is rampant in most engineering discliplines. Since
- this discussion is taking place in comp.* groups, let's try to focus on the
- problems specific to computers. I don't think we have any hope here of
- solving all the problems of the education system, but we might be able to
- make some inroads into the issues unique to computer science.
-
- However, I will point out that some engineering schools are trying to
- address these problems (or at least b and c -- I doubt anyone would be
- flunked out if their only writing deficiency were spelling). In the last
- decade MIT has instituted a writing competency requirement for graduation.
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- Barry Margolin
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