Re: don't give up on liberal arts education

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>
 > Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 11:37:35 -0700
 >
 > I would, however, argue that language teaching helps overcome timidity.  This 
 > coming from a social introvert.

Interesting.  Never thought about it from the teaching side.

Unfortunately, this person, Danny, died a few years after that summer, so
he never got a chance to teach, or anything else for that matter.

 > > On Aug 31, 2019, at 10:50 AM, robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> wrote:
 > >> From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > >> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 08:48:32 -0700 (PDT)
 > >> 
 > >> employers want oral communications skills. I wonder what major is 
 > >> lacking in that?
 > >> 
 > >> https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601139013/skills-gap-2
 > > 
 > > I remember when I was working at a summer job when I was in college at my
 > > dad's work in Ma.  There was a guy there, Danny.  He taught
 > > himself several languages.  What was odd, 'tho, is that he never got a
 > > chance to practice any of them since he was strongly introverted; I never
 > > spoke a word with him.
 > > 
 > > So, obviously, oral communication skills is definitely not a function of
 > > language knowledge.  In fact, I could argue that it is a skill that cannot
 > > be taught.