LETTER: Illiteracy a problem at USU

To the editor:

The first few weeks of school has passed by in a hurry and I feel compelled to comment on the literacy of our “all knowledgeable” USU professors. Granted they are brilliant minds, they have received their various degrees, they have a desire to teach and that is what brings them to USU. However, my heart fills with pain as I have read syllabus after syllabus, viewed many powerpoints and tried to copy notes off white boards which contain horrific grammatical errors and mis-spelling of words. We should not have to put up with this, especially when we are required to write every assignment with exactness. Then to make matters worse, they threaten to dock points for every error they find.

What kind of society do we live in that gives doctorates, Ph.D.’s, and masters degrees to people who cannot even perform simple High School English tasks. This is especially sad when most computers today will perform these tasks for you.

I suggest to send all of the instructors here at USU back to English 1010 and to take the silly CIL tests, so they can preform more professionally in their classrooms.

I am equally disgusted at the Utah Statesman for all of their horrible mistakes in the newspaper. Not an issue goes by that I can easily spot a grammatical error. Shame on you! But, I know that most of you putting this paper together are just students working hard to get you degrees. Do not worry, you have time to perfect you writing skills before you get your degrees.

In conclusion, I would like to ask the University to do something about the illiteracy problem here at USU.

Eli Smith