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.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Johanna Rubba   Associate Professor, Linguistics
English Department, California Polytechnic State University
One Grand Avenue  • San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Tel. (805)-756-2184  •  Fax: (805)-756-6374 • Dept. Phone.  756-2596
• E-mail: [log in to unmask] •      Home page: 
http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at:
     http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html
and select "Join or leave the list"

Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/