Culture for the 21st Century

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65978711046019570512011-04-21T21:19:31.734-07:00Culture for the 21st CenturyThe blog endeavors to cultivate a community that recognizes the benefits of intelligence, courtesy, civility, self-respect and respect for others.JKBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102464563982431337noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597871104601957051.post-38828618624130569932008-09-14T19:56:00.000-07:002008-09-14T20:01:31.115-07:00URVOTESCOUNT.COM

What is that? Does literacy not count? Can we really trust that someone who can't spell "your" is literate enough to understand any of the issues, and can vote responsibly? Why couldn't the name of the website be "YourVotesCount"? Why is it any more appealing to use "UR"?I'm just so appalled that the country might be in "the next generation's" hands, and they can't read or write or think.

JKBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102464563982431337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597871104601957051.post-3883548136270925792008-09-14T19:40:00.000-07:002008-09-14T19:55:07.628-07:00Call waiting

Scene: You're having a telephone conversation with a friend or family member (F/FM). All of a sudden, the reception seems to cut in and out. Your F/FM says, "Oh, hold on a second... someone else is ringing me; let me see who it is; I'll be right back." So, you wait, using up your time and your money, and, if you're like me, feeling foolish.To me, "Call Waiting" is high on the list of the rudest

JKBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102464563982431337noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597871104601957051.post-31798177587162431252008-09-04T20:38:00.000-07:002008-09-04T22:06:29.330-07:00A global challenge

Apparently the epidemic of lost grammar and spelling skills is global. David Campbell, an Australian mathemetician and writer, was "right on" (no pun intended) when he complained about the problem in an opinion piece in 2007. Click on this post's title to read his article. That he's a mathemetician complaining about writing skills is close to home for me.My father was a chemistry professor and

JKBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102464563982431337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597871104601957051.post-38686637064478439002008-09-02T21:26:00.000-07:002008-09-02T22:03:52.347-07:00You can't make a point if no one understands what you said

In the September 1, 2008 issue of Newsweek, essayist Steve Tuttle wrote about readers' reactions to an essay he had written for the August 11 issue about his dislike of Crocs rubber clogs. Mr. Tuttle shared some quotes from some of the people who responded to the essay. Perhaps not exactly Mr. Tuttle's message, but what I took away from reading the September 1 piece is that there are a lot of

JKBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102464563982431337noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6597871104601957051.post-86317577695500634712008-09-01T21:50:00.000-07:002008-09-01T21:51:04.043-07:00

Why did I start this blog? I started this blog, as you can see from the Welcome message, because I believe that the people of this country need to be reminded that intelligence is mandatory in this age. Somewhere in the past few years, it seems that it became acceptable to mispronounce "nuclear"; it became acceptable to forget fifth-grade language skills and second-grade spelling skills. The

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