Good Monday Morning!

1. Question – Should writing be more important than reading?

2. Thought – Writing comes before reading, in logic and also in public mind. No one cares whether you read fast or slow, well or ill, but as soon as you put pen to paper, somebody may be puzzled, angry, bored, or ecstatic; and if the occasion permits, your reader is almost sure to exclaim about the schools not doing their duty. This is the oldest literary tradition, of which here is a modern instance: –

WHAT KIND OF TEACHING IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS? by “Disgusted”

Recently a letter came into my office from a boy who described himself as a first-year high school student. He wanted infirmation  about Africia, because for his project in the social studies class he had chozen Africia. If we could not help him, were could he write? In closing, he was ours sinceerly. His hand-writing was comparable to that of my 6-year-old nephew.

To bad, but I am not alarmed. (Teacher in America by Jacques Barzun, copyright; 1945)

“It seems to me that just in the ratio that our newspapers increase, our morals decay. The more newspapers, the worse morals.” (Mark Twain)