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Re: Testing job applicants
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:06:33 +0000, Mark Borgerson <mark@oes.to>
wrote:
>"Howard N. Lute" wrote:
>> In article <37d7cf96.175975182@mindmeld.idcomm.com>, edick@hotmail.com
><<SNIP>>> >
>> > If a person writes badly, it's because he didn't read enough. Correct
>> > grammar, syntax, and orthography are the mark of a person who's
>> > interested in getting the job done right. Sloppy handwriting, poorly
>> > constructed sentences, "flow-of-consciousness" writing style, and
>> > frequent syntax errors (seldom detected by a spelling checker) are
>> > clear marks of an intellect lacking in the discipline to perform well
>> > at anything over the long haul.
>I'd agree with all except the part about sloppy handwriting. Perhaps my
>poor handwriting is a result of being left-handed and trying to learn
>to write under the tutelage of some rather rigid righty chauvinists in
>the late 50s. In any case I did learn to print legibly--if slowly--
>by the time I had to fill out notebooks in college and logbooks in the
>Navy. I also learned to touch-type by the time I was in 9th grade.
>
>Penmanship is a fine-motor skill. In some cases it is not easily learned
>no matter how diligent and intelligent the student. Let's keep the
>motor skills separate from the intellectual qualities! The combination
>is really required today only when a keyboard and mouse are unavailable (dentists
>and surgeons come readily to mind). ( Don't you wish the dentist could click
>'UNDO' after he hits that nerve! ;-) )
>
>Mark Borgerson
Some of us have used keyboards for so long, and pen and paper so
little, that we now can not even read our own writing five
minutes later, and have to type notes and send ourselves emails
8-(
Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Brian_Inglis@CSi.com (Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca)
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