Getting It Just Write

Publication: The Washington Times
Date: January 20, 2008

Summary: In an age of high-tech communications and declining newspaper sales, it may seem as if good writing is a thing of the past. But Richard Sterling, executive director emeritus of the National Writing Project, says cutting-edge technology—contrary to what some might think—has only improved writing.

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If anything, [Sterling] says, the general state of writing has only improved since more and more people are going to school: In the 1950s, just 50 percent of children graduated from high school; now close to 90 percent do. Also in the 1950s, just 15 percent of the population went on to higher education; now that number is close to 70 percent.

"I think the idea that writing used to be better is pure nostalgia," Mr. Sterling says.

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