I agree; and fixing typos needs to include:
a) correcting capitalisations (such as the “Let” in this item!) and
b) instances where people write the word ‘should’ in their item, causing the item to read as “Someone should should do something great”).
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Should Do This
should
Let people fix typos
del.icio.us
should
allow a greater number of characters in the 'notes' field
When adding an item to del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us), the item requires a URL and a description; there is also the option to add notes however it only allows 255 characters (reference: http://del.icio.us/help/saving).
Sometimes, I would like to be able to write longer notes.
people
should
stop buying bottled water
–1 cheer
Generally speaking, bottled water is unnecessary for those of us lucky enough to live in countries with high quality tap water. Bottled water is environmentally wasteful. And (in Australia) we get fluoride in our drinking water which keeps our teeth healthy.
However, I do think it is fair enough to have bottled water in places where tap water is not safe to drink.
Education institutions
should
stop using lectures as a means to 'teach' students
In this era of the Internet, there is no longer any reason for one person (the lecturer) to be the ‘font of all knowledge’ and to stand at the front of a room at and talk at people for an hour or two. Most university lectures are a compilation of facts and analysis – sometimes presented in a reasonably interesting way, but usually really boring. Instead the lecturer could easily provide this information to students in much more engaging and user-friendly formats, for example by using the interactive capabilities of online applications.
And if lecturers insist on continuing to do face-to-face lectures, they should at the very least record their lectures so that students can podcast or vodcast them.
Education institutions
should
stop using examinations to assess students
In most cases, exams are a poor means of assessing a student’s learning in a course. There are much better ways of assessing learning – for example using project-based learning and work-place based learning. Exams allow a student to demonstrate that they can regurgitate facts and they encourage teaching staff to become lazy about how they design their courses. End exams and make teachers be more innovative about their approach to learning and assessment.
Plastic shopping bags
should
be banned
It is possible to use alternatives which are much more environmentally-friendly. And if we must have plastic bags, at least make them bio-degradable.
john howard
has done
retire
Hooray, he is finally gone!! Not so much retired, but voted out of office! Only the second Prime Minister in the history of the Australian federal goverment to lose his seat!
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Kevin Rudd has done become the next Australian prime-minister
Australian state and federal governments should decriminalise drug use and treat drug addiction as the health issue that it is
The English Language should not eliminate the apostrophe.
