Well, I've been doing a little research on my web project, and I went to the two blog sites of a person I will be interviewing for Reavis Newsletter. They were two of the most interesting pieces of writing I've read in a long time. This first link is a blog of the journal an alumn from NIU kept while he was a sailor in the 1950s. Obviously, I haven't read all the blogs, but his writing just draws you in. The second link is his more current blog, going over his musings from his life. He graduated NIU in 1958.
http://www.doriengrey.blogspot.com
http://www.doriengreyandme.blogspot.com/
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You weren't kidding! These really make for interesting reads.
It does, however, make me think that our writing skills have sharply declined that a random soldier's letters home are so much more well written than the best efforts of most college students after a year of writing instruction.
I agree, education has gotten away from the basic reading, writing, and math that were the foundations until the 1970's. I learned math the old fashioned way until I moved and got put into "New Math". In 4th grade we were multiplying and dividing by 4-6 digit numbers very effectively and reading at 6th-7th grad levels. In the new school we spent most of our math time doing timed tests for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division - 1 each day. We didn't get into higher mathematical funcions in 5th or 6th grade when I moved again. This is an example of a bigger problem I see now with my son's courses. As a nation the quality of our education has gone down leading to No Child Left Behind where teachers have to spend time teaching for the test and making up for poor foundations. I got an e-mail from someone with a Masters in Engineering Technology today using the word "imsatisfactory"! It's really sad that he's gotten to that level and doesn't even know the proper word any grade or middle school student should know. I don't have the answer but I think there needs to be funding to overhaul the education system rather than unfunded mandates and having to sacrifice real learning to teach to a test. I'll get off my soapbox now.
Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who found his blogs interesting. I'm not too experienced at blogs, so I wasn't sure. Maybe we just like or prefer a more literary style.
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