Technology renders UNC journalism school's spelling test obsolete

The Daily Tar Heel ^ | April 2, 2012 | Vanessa Voight

[fight_truth_decay]

The University’s journalism school has officially recognized the power of a spell check.

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s spelling and grammar test, a requirement for all students in the school, will no longer include a spelling portion as administrators attempt to adapt to the changing industry.

The school will alter the test in the fall for the first time since the test’s creation in the 1970s

[fight_truth_decay]

Laid-off Journalists:

[The Sons of Liberty]

Technology renders UNC journalism school 's spelling test obsolete

[sam_paine]

Many Freepers who hate “spelling police” here are ecstatic about this! We’ve got a socialist as president and soon we’ll all speak Nadsat and Cubs Fan and others will be happy.

[Responsibility2nd]

Typical dumbing down of our educational requirements.

But in a way - I can see this as necessary for journalists. They are rapidly becoming the stupidest more ignorant ass-bites ever in our society. They already can’t think or even write clearly and objectively.

So why should they learn to spell?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

A spell checker isn't going to help differentiate between 'there', 'their' and 'they're'. Nor 'two, too' and 'to.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Those failures seem to be rampant amongst "journalists" these days.

I have a spelling checker
It came with my PC
It highlights for my review
Mistakes I cannot sea.

I ran this poem thru it
I'm sure your pleased to no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My checker told me sew.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Spell czech is knot yore friend!

[Clock King]

Welcome to ...

[ComputerGuy]

[Hodar]

I don’t mind poor spelling nearly as much as biased reporting. If only “Journalists” could tell a story, presenting ALL the facts, and let the reader draw their own conclusion.

[GeronL]

Wow.

I just hafe ono werdz to deescryb myne thots

[douginthearmy]

They need to replace the test with a test on the use of there, their and they’re. Does anyone under 30 know the distinction? The only challenge to the internet supremacy of porn may be the misuse of “their”.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

They gave up on journalism long ago.

Now they’re giving up on spelling too?

[myrabach]

How about your and you’re?

[Myrddin]

Do you know when the dew is due? Not dog doo. Is there is sin tax for bad syntax? What about poor semantics and idioms? The "checking" programs don't handle that well at all.

[Myrddin]

The plain plane needs decoration.

We eat what we can. What we can't we can.

[Myrddin]

Is there a sin tax for bad syntax?

Mocking bad syntax isn't cool when the mockery is flawed.

[fight_truth_decay]

automatic correction or spell check can be a pain if texting..so one must still edit what has been automatically edited!!

[fight_truth_decay]

automatic correction or spell check can be a pain if texting..so one must still edit what has been automatically edited!! Proofreading still requires knowledge of spelling and gramma. I mean we are not perfect..

...and will secondary education follow suit..if who needs it, is the attitude?

[douginthearmy]

As for “your”, it’s its problem.

[Noamie]

Based upon the articles I’ve been reading lately this is needed now more than ever.