"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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Over the years, I had a number of students from other countries. They
almost invariably wrote beautiful English. Wish I could say that for
the natives. Some did, but not the majority.

Of course, the "foreign" students who showed up at Penn State were the
cream of the crop in their home countries. Nevertheless, their skill
was impressive.

vince

I've noticed similar things. I know a WASP with a liberal arts degree from
an Ivy League university who can't write worth a damn. And there's a fellow
named Patel here at the bank who one day said something to the effect of
"give me a couple of Chinese and a three guys from India and we'll show you
how to run a derivatives operation." Which is what we are doing, more and
more.

Really interesting implications.
Bob