You may agree that ‘ Bad readers don't exist, only bad writers do ’ is a very interesting statement. It is one which, without any doubt, certainly applied before the digital age when all that was available for non-verbal communication was the printed word. But how about now? Well, it's possibly no longer true. There have always been bad writers. There always will be, but sadly, these are increasing almost by the minute! For example, it has been suggested by some literary critics that despite being a top-selling author, Dan Brown [The Da Vinci Code] is a 'bad writer'. Yet he sold millions of books which in turn were made into huge blockbuster films. During the formative years of the late 60’s to early 70’s generation, they were taught to read, write and speak proficiently. If they didn’t, they were chided at school (that is, the wooden board duster was ‘correctively’ thrown towards offending students by the teacher) and all were certainly helped with the ar...
On my soapbox again!