> I have considerable sympathy for this idea. Even so, literacy as defined
> as the ability to look at strings of static words on a page or screen and
> effortlessly and spontaneously have images and complex ideas form in
> one's consciousness as a result of that activity is a skill that is
> imparted less and less by public education but is still consistently
> imparted to students in private academies and by home schooling. It's not
> the only means of conveying or receiving information, and those, like
> Harold Bloom, author of "Closing of the American Mind," who define
> cultural literacy as familiarity with the cannon of Western Civilization
> are oblivious to important new ways of thinking and communicating.
>
> Still, the ability to express oneself in writing and to be able to read
> and comprehend what others have written is a valuable skill that improves
> ones ability to navigate consciously in a memetic landscape. It is also a
> skill that the institutions of public education in the US are
> increasingly unable to impart to students.
>
> -KMO
>
> Sodom wrote:
>
> > Literacy isn't falling - its adapting
> >
> > Bill Roh
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-virus@lucifer.com
> > > [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
> > > Of KMO
> > > Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 2:05 PM
> > > To: virus@lucifer.com
> > > Subject: virus: Too Much TV
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dr Sebby wrote:
> > >
> > > > Downfall?..sometimes i wonder where it is 'we're' falling from.
> > >
> > > As a society, literacy.
> > >
> > > -KMO
> > >