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Toyota to build 100,000 vehicles per year in Ontario (Americans too illiterate to train)
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| July 3, 2005
| STEVE ERWIN
Posted on 07/03/2005 3:25:54 PM PDT by ItsJeff
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To: Conservatrix
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posted on
07/03/2005 4:24:58 PM PDT
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right, but never in doubt.)
To: paulat
"I think Toyota has a point. If I see another "its"/"it's" misuse, I will scream."
Then you need to relax. I have nearly a decade of post-graduate work under my belt and I just made the its/it's mistake earlier today. I know the difference. It's a mistake. People make them.
And, no, that does not make the mistaken person illiterate.
To: GOPologist
I hope that the "too illiterate" Americans have enough sense NOT to buy a Toyota vehicle.More than likely they'll continue to buy them because the maker is so concerned with quality that they go where they can get the best workers. Quality product is their bottom line.
To: Sandreckoner
I'm talking about the
nultitude of "mistakes."
And they're not "mistakes" because they are everywhere and constant.
Have you tried to hire someone lately to fill in data on a database? I have. The level of literacy is appalling.
64
posted on
07/03/2005 4:27:41 PM PDT
by
paulat
To: ItsJeff
this is such BS - we have displaced workers from industries that have been offshored to china and india - with college educations.
To: paulat
This website is a tesitmony to Americans' lack of education.FWIW, I wonder how many Fortune 500 CEOs could pass a spelling test?
66
posted on
07/03/2005 4:29:12 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: oceanview
Yup, and many of them cannot fill out an employment application in intelligible English.
But they have college degrees!
67
posted on
07/03/2005 4:30:17 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
By the way, that's not all rural schoolchildren, that's just AL, GA, MS, and LA. I see. Last time I drove through AL and GA, they all spoke English, last time I drove south of San Antonio I thought I was in Nuevo Laredo. And the drop out rate for Hispanics is around 46%.
68
posted on
07/03/2005 4:30:29 PM PDT
by
ScreamingFist
(Peace through Ignorance)
To: mewzilla
FWIW, I wonder how many Fortune 500 CEOs could pass a spelling test? It's not their job. Their job is to run a company where people are hired to be accurate.
69
posted on
07/03/2005 4:30:40 PM PDT
by
paulat
To: ScreamingFist
Yet the last time I went to BFE, LA I couldn't find anyone who could read a map. People who could read a road sign without difficulty in the back bayou country were few and far between, too.
70
posted on
07/03/2005 4:33:13 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: paulat
It's not their job.You could argue the same for FReepers :) I do this for love, not money :)
71
posted on
07/03/2005 4:34:38 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: jocko12
We can't find applicants capable of learning machine operation. A local employment service had to drop a question from their screening test because too many applicants were missing the question: "20 is what percent of 100?"
The National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers, along with many parents, can take their share of the blame.
The situation is critical only if America plans to compete with China....
72
posted on
07/03/2005 4:37:31 PM PDT
by
lancer
(If you are not with us, you are against us!)
To: ScreamingFist
Your average inhabitant of NYC, San Fran, and Seattle is decidely more educated than the average Joe Schmoe is Po-dunk Alabama.
73
posted on
07/03/2005 4:37:37 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Frylock is my Homeboy)
To: mewzilla
Doesn't answer your point. A CEO doesn't have to be a spelling genius...he has to hire people who spell adequately and have adequate grammar skills.
You thought you made a point by delfecting the topic.
74
posted on
07/03/2005 4:37:52 PM PDT
by
paulat
To: paulat
Who is illiterate? All the posters here who say "to fat," instead of "too fat." Who say, "loose weight," instead of "lose weight." All the posters here who have made it a joke to say "hugh," instead of "huge." Or, "stuned," instead of "stunned." I think Toyota has a point. If I see another "its"/"it's" misuse, I will scream. I could go on and on. This website is a tesitmony to Americans' lack of education. No it's a testimony that Toyota put's more weight on engineers than people that know when "its"/it's misuse" is a problem. Try spellcheck if you're going to throw down on others for "English rules violations". Sheesh....
75
posted on
07/03/2005 4:39:07 PM PDT
by
ScreamingFist
(Peace through Ignorance)
To: paulat
A CEO doesn't have to be a spelling genius...Neither does an autoworker or FReeper.
76
posted on
07/03/2005 4:39:47 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
And, again, case-in-point...I said "delfecting," instead of "deflecting."
77
posted on
07/03/2005 4:40:01 PM PDT
by
paulat
To: paulat
And I still got what you meant :)
78
posted on
07/03/2005 4:40:35 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: ScreamingFist
Get a clue.
Spellcheck doesn't flag words that are misused.
79
posted on
07/03/2005 4:41:10 PM PDT
by
paulat
To: paulat
I just wasn't rude enough to point out your error :)
80
posted on
07/03/2005 4:41:14 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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