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From: "Theodore E. Dennison" <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com>
Subject: Re: Book REview
Date: 1996/05/13
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sxc@itd.dsto.gov.au wrote:
> 
> If I had been an American undergraduate, I might be irritated by the
> suggestion that my attention span was so short that I needed to be
> pandered to with culturally specific examples.  As an Australian

He he! That's a good one.

What makes you think your average American has any clue that she
has just read something "culturally specific"? I certainly never
noticed such a thing (unless you count "queues" in data structures;
"queue" isn't really a word in this country).

I suspect most undergrads won't notice, as long as it is specific to
THEIR culture. Unless they are accomplished travelers, how could 
they?

I'm not saying this is a GOOD thing. I just found that statement
humorous.


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