I'm sure most of you know about this document, but perhaps it would help to
show it to our students as well to convince them of the important role good
writing plays in the workplace. It is called Writing: A Ticket to Work or a
Ticket Out and was published by the College Board. It addresses such issues
as the effect of poor writing on resumes and the role writing plays in one's
chances of getting promoted--or fired:

http://www.writingcommission.org/prod_downloads/writingcom/writing-ticket-to
-work.pdf.

Nancy


Nancy L. Tuten, PhD
Professor of English
Director of the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Program
Columbia College
Columbia, South Carolina
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-----Original Message-----
From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Subject: Re: too many subjects

Very sad comment on student values as indicated by the lack of interest
in spelling. Clearly, most people in these students' pasts have not
cared about how they spell.

College students are a little closer to job-hunting than high-schoolers,
so I don't know if this message would work at all levels, but, for many
employers, misspellings are a major sign of ignorance and lower the
reader's opinion of a writer very dramatically.

Perhaps it might be worth doing a little phone survey of personnel
depts. or managers around your town and asking them how they would react
to a job application with several misspellings in it. I think the answer
would give your students a shock.

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English Department, California Polytechnic State University
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