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It is sad, but not just of America. (Surely a name like No Men) should do the trick. When I was teaching Computer Science, my Head of Sector - whose Science knowledge came from airport self-improvement books, complained that we were teaching material way beyond the students' current level. After inquiring, at a level appropriate to her Communication Skills, it turned out that we were using "Advanced Word Processing" materials. I explained it was to try to ensure that we received coherent documents as well as giving them a transferable skill. Yes, she said, but you shouldn't do advanced work in the first year. So we took the word out and reprinted. Some years ago, either in Portsmouth or Plymouth, big difference I know, but I only remember the P and the mouth - there must be a joke there - some years ago a doctor was hounded from her house by crowd-cum-mob, smashing windows and threatening more, while the police stood and watched, apparently persuaded she was getting her just deserts. She was a paediatrician; and the mob knew that means she has sex with children. So, as Vonnegut remarked, it goes L On 1 August 2014 03:43, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Now you know the general level of the American educational system. Sad, > isn't it? > > Ken > > On 7/31/2014 5:54 PM, Max Richards wrote: > >> http://www.salon.com/2014/07/31/blogger_allegedly_fired_ >> from_language_school_for_teaching_students_about_ >> homophonia/?source=newsletter >> >