I question the intelligence of our student body when…
I find flyers like this hanging around our school.
The flyer read (spelling is as found on paper):
WALK FOR PEACE
Help the Kids in UGANDA!
*ThursDay of spring Break! 12:00 pm!
Starts at waukesha Public Libary and ends whairever we feel like ending. On ThursDay of spring break.
This is a march to pramote peace And help the adDucted children in uganda!
Maybe they knew those less fortunate in the area of reading would be reading the posters so they made it so that they could read them. But that is pretty bad.
I wouldn’t question their intelligence I would wonder about their education and/or their laziness. English may not be their first language and they could still be learning it. They could have horrible teachers. They could just not try or care. Language could be something they are bad at, however being bad at something is a poor excuse because even if you are bad at something, there are almost always “tools” you can use and resources you can tap to make up for your weakness. For example, I’m pretty dysfunctional in math, so I use a calculator for everything math related.
The saddest thing about that flyer is that the poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation will do little to convince people to support what appears to be a worthy cause.
Heidi
p.s. Most of the comments in this thread, including the first post, have mechanical errors in them, so don’t judge that flyer too harshly…
I wouldn’t be to concerned spelling and punction on a forum. I myself, usually type the same way i type on aim and click submit with out even remotely proof reading what i type.
as for the author of the flyer. She is an American female.
Ah… but you were questioning the entire student body’s intelligence based on one person’s flyer… or were you questioning the student body for allowing a flyer like that to be posted? And aren’t you part of the student body you were poking at?
I’m an English major, and I think I’m violating rule number five in the English Majors’ Golden Book Of Pretentious Rules when I say that I don’t really care if someone has perfect grammar/spelling/punctuation skills. However, in defense of good grammar/spelling/punctuation skills, I will say that if you have something important to get across, even if it is in a forum, proof what you’ve written because mechanical errors can detract from your message, making what you said very easy to dismiss.
Heidi
p.s. If there are any mechanical errors in this post, I’m claiming full rights of my concentration in creative writing to declare: Poetic License! Seriously, it’s rule number eleven in the EMGBOPR.
At least the flyer was for a good cause… Invisible Children is a great organization highlighting what was once one of the lesser known injustices happening in this world. I’d recommend that everybody watch the documentary to see the tragedy of what goes on in Uganda.
