Ooops -- Ironically, I see that I misspelled "anecdote" -- do typos count???
Jo-Anne
Jo-Anne Andre wrote:
> An anectode about spelling --
>
> Over the past couple years, I did not hire two potentially very good
> (and experienced) writing instructors because of their poor spelling.
> (Part of our interview process involves asking candidates to comment
> in writing on student papers. One of the candidates had six spelling
> errors in three lines of comments. The other had even more.)
>
> Because I think that spelling is important and that the ethos of
> writing instructors may depend at least in some small part upon the
> ability to spell, I stand by my hiring decisions--though not without a
> twinge of regret when thinking about the other great characteristics
> each of these candidates possessed. In the short-run at least,
> spelling did make a difference to these two people.
>
> (On the other hand, I have a very high tolerance for comma splices...)
>
> Jo-Anne Andre
> U of Calgary
>
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