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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
I'm not sure what its like up in Canada, but down here in the states, it's only getting worse. One of the schools I adjunct for online has just recently changed one of their capstone classes, which was writing heavy, to a class where all content is delivered and assignments submitted through recorded voice content. This is a disturbing trend where writing skills are being shelved, because it puts too much stress on the student and creates too many opportunities for failure. Another school recently killed off remedial classes for similar reasons. To me, we're not doing these students any favors and are regressing to the lowest denominator, setting the stage for the Idiocracy prophesy to become reality.
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My lack of writing skills, or the lack of practice & teaching goes all the way back to high school.
Too much emphasis on theory, not enough of knowing how to write properly.
I admire everyone on here who is good at writing. Textcritic is my favorite. I don't even care what the subject matter is. I just enjoy reading his posts.