[OT] command of English by non-native speakers

[Chris Rees]

2009/12/9 Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net>:
> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:30:23 +0000
> Chris Rees <utisoft at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Don't take it personally, it's not me attacking you. What happens is
>> that the people you get most contact with in everyday life are the
>> normally ones who leave education as soon as they can.
>
> I don't and I realize that.  Thanks for caring, though.
>
> I do hope you are right about the ones that I am meeting and, thinking
> about most chance public meetings, you /are/ undoubtedly right.
> I only hope that more exist who aren't that way.  Of course, the
> standard bell curve suggests that I'm wrong about it, anyway, and that
> those others /do/ exist .. out there..  somewhere.
>
>
> My fear is that the bell curve, while encompassing higher and higher
> 'quality' on the one side, is (most certainly) feeling a slide of
> same on the other side.  The common denominator is becoming more and
> more common.
>
> Soon (in geologic time) the two sides of the bell curve may not be able
> to cross-reproduce!
>
> Then what will our Creationists have to say?
>
> (and is it just another of my own limited perceptions or do most of the
> Creationists live here in the US?)
>

I think the most famous and persuasive creationists happen to live in
certain areas of the US.... that's where the perception comes from.
It's probably the only developed country that'll give these people the
time of day anyway, let alone seriously consider allowing them to
pollute our young people's minds with such ..... wisdom (!)

Our general intelligence as a species doesn't tend to increase, so
although we can do our best to fulfil everyone's potential, some are
not that way inclined in their nature (in that area of course). That's
OK; everyone has their talents. The unfortunate thing is that not all
talents are valued and held in high regard by most people!

Chris



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