Rod, at 14:47 on Fri, May 26 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

BG>> However, there is still no substitute for having
BG>> learned correct grammar, syntax etc at school,

. . .[chomp]. . .

BG>> As an aside, Brisbane City Council held their annual school 
BG>> spelling bee last week, and it did not surprise me in the 
BG>> least that it was won by a 12 year old Vietnamese boy.  Why 
BG>> do Asians do so well in our educational institutions?  The 
BG>> only explanation I can offer is that their attitudes towards 
BG>> learning are far more intense than ours, which is very much 
BG>> in keeping with my own observation that the majority of 
BG>> local school kids are simply lazy little shits.

RS> Or they have enough sense to realise that there are
RS> more important things in life than perfect spelling.

Yeah, like breaking into Logan homes wielding tree branches, or
spraypainting inane misspelled messages on the sides of buildings, railway
carriages, and parked vehicles.

David

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