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Subject:Re: certification From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG> Date:Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:38:35 -0800
On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 19:27:31 GMT, Barb Philbrick wrote:
>I look at certification the same way ---- you confirm a certain basic
>knowledge set. What they do (and how well they do it) after the test
>is up to them (or should we set up tech writing police?). I would like
>to have this base level of knowledge confirmed.
I was about to say, a Grade 12 diploma should confirm a "basic knowledge set"
for writing... but then thought better of it...
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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