I've taken a small hiatus from the blogosphere since I'm knee-deep in papers, research, and things of the like. However, in parceling through some literature, I found an interesting statement with a small typo in it that I found quite funny. It comes from a group of prestigious faculty, scholars, and college presidents, and is intended to be a call for increased civic learning and social responsibility among colleges and universities. Here it is:
“We have a fundamental task to renew our role as agents of our democracy. This task is both urgent and long-term… We share a special concern about the disengagement of college students from democratic participation… This country cannot afford to education a generation that acquires knowledge without ever understanding how that knowledge can benefit society or how to influence democratic decision making. We must teach the skills and values of democracy, creating innumerable opportunities for out students to practice and reap the results of the real, hard work of citizenship."
I've bolded the typo, which is quite funny, I think. I wonder if anyone has caught this? What a radically different read this statement would be if it were truly talking about "out" students (i.e., students who have come "out" as being gay, lesbian, queer, or bisexual) rather than "our" students.
Amazing how one letter in a sea of words can change the meaning drastically, huh?
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