I fell on the ground when I heard this. Yes, there is a recession. Yes funds are tighter in all sectors. But does this excuse the lack of proper documentation? N-O.
Recently, we have witnessed budget cuts across the board but the exponential growth in the lack of proper documentation reflects the fact that things have gone too far, Mr. Politician.
Jesus. If we took all of the money the media spends on covering this topic we could certainly eradicate it. Just imagine how many MLA Handbooks that would buy, I can't even wrap my head around how many copies of the Chicago Book of Style it would purchase.
Instead of having creepy old men handing out copies of Gideon's Bible at a court-ordered distance from public schools(sorry, my bad on thinking that was a good idea), there needs to be creepy old men handing out any number of the certified handbooks that outline the criteria for proper documentation.
I recognize that this is too much to ask of the school system/government to take this on due to their ever-increasing debt due to providing those 'hot lunches' to the portly youth of America. That's why we, the unemployed, generally indifferent, college educated 20-somethings need to fight back in the name proper documentation.
Next time you see a semi-colon used where a colon belongs, raise your voice. Next time you see a quote that is longer than three lines, that isn't given an extra line of leading above and below it, 2 inch margins on both sides and an asterisk leading you to a footnote citation that is then documented in greater detail in an attached annotated bibliography, let everyone know that you won't stand for it any longer.
Let's change the world, through the internet. Because as it turns out, none of us are that into interacting with people, just proper documentation. And Eggos. Apple Cinnamon Eggos.
1 comments:
fuckin' srsly
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