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1 posted on 04/11/2003 12:01:56 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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Get your wine drinkin' butt over here! You don't want to miss this one.
38 posted on 04/11/2003 12:31:22 PM PDT by BSunday (I R Smart)
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Dey be lissenin' ta too much rap!
42 posted on 04/11/2003 12:41:47 PM PDT by Destructor
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Hey...fits right in with the Dimocrat plan....keep 'em dumb and stupid. They'll love their jobs at McD's and working for the Chinese.
54 posted on 04/11/2003 12:57:00 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Thank the Military for your freedom and security....and thank a Rich person for jobs.)
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bttt
56 posted on 04/11/2003 12:59:58 PM PDT by BSunday (I R Smart)
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When students enta' college, deir English head homeboys wants' dem t'have some baaaad grasp uh grammar and usage skills. Unfo'tunately, high farm English head homeboys duzn't consida' dose skills impo'tant, de Chicago Sun-Times repo'ted. A nashunal curriculum survey by ACT, de company dat creates de widely-used college admissions test, found dat grammar and usage wuz de least likesly t'be taught at da damn 700 high farms surveyed. Among de high farm head homeboys surveyed, 90 puh'cent said dey taught sentence structure, writin' strategy, o'ganizashun, and style, and 83 puh'cent taught punctuashun. Only 69 puh'cent said dey taught grammar and usage. College head homeboys surveyed said dat grammar and usage wuz de most impo'tant skills fo' deir classes.

62 posted on 04/11/2003 1:29:14 PM PDT by wildbill
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When students inter college, their English instrucko's be hankerin' them t'have a fine grasp of grammar an' usage skills. Unfo'tunately, high skoo English skoo marms doesn't cornsider them skills impo'tant, th' Chicago Sun-Times repo'ted, cuss it all t' tarnation. A nashunal curriculum survey by ACT, th' compenny thet creates th' widely-used college admisshuns test, foun' thet grammar an' usage were th' least likely t'be taught at th' 700 high skoos surveyed, cuss it all t' tarnation. Among th' high skoo skoo marms surveyed, 90 percent said they taught sentence struckure, writin' strategy, o'ganizashun, an' style, an' 83 percent taught punckuashun. Only 69 percent said they taught grammar an' usage. College skoo marms surveyed said thet grammar an' usage were the dawgoned-est impo'tant skills fo' their classes.

63 posted on 04/11/2003 1:31:45 PM PDT by wildbill
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They ain't that great on FreeRepublic, either.
64 posted on 04/11/2003 1:35:56 PM PDT by Junior (Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
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Unfortunately, high school English teachers don't consider those skills important, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

It's because "We have very little books."

65 posted on 04/11/2003 1:50:48 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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