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Old Sep 8th, 2006, 06:57 AM   #1
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International Literacy Day

Happy International Literacy Day. On this day, you should stop for a moment and reflect upon how lucky you are to be able to strategically and effectively utilize your expressive and receptive language abilities (e.g., speaking, writing, viewing, listening, reading, etc). Stop for a moment to consider how you learned these abilities. As well, think about how richer your life is today because of these abilities.

Paix, mes amis.
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Old Sep 8th, 2006, 09:26 AM   #2
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When in school, it did not mean much to me, but those abilities of which you speak certainly served me well over these many years.

One is never too old to stop learning and try to improve these gifts.

I do so each and every day.
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Old Sep 8th, 2006, 09:35 AM   #3
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Perhaps we should mourn the passing of literacy under the weight of AOLisms and text messaging?
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Old Sep 8th, 2006, 10:14 AM   #4
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I learned these skills largely on my own, before Kindergarten with parental assistance.
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Old Sep 8th, 2006, 10:30 AM   #5
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Perhaps we should mourn the passing of literacy under the weight of AOLisms and text messaging?
LOL!
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Old Sep 8th, 2006, 11:06 AM   #6
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LOL!
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RM, I think mrjimmy truly thought your comment was humerous, not derogatory. I too thought it a pretty good line, funny but true.
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Aye, I thought his line was funny, too. I think the smileys have let me down. appears far too angry. I want a lighthearted :P Perhaps I should have paired with a ?

We need a course on smiley usage
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Aye, I thought his line was funny, too. I think the smileys have let me down. appears far too angry. I want a lighthearted :P Perhaps I should have paired with a ?

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Ya mean Literasmilie 101?
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Gone are the days where one could get by with a rudimentary knowledge of smilies such as and . As we move into an age of more and more emoticons used in everyday situations, a high degree of smilieliteracy has become increasingly necessarily.

*tongue in cheek*
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