The Virtues of Proofreading
I was a generally good student, but I always had problems spelling. While I did eventually learn to spell (mostly), my hard work didn’t always pay off because I was sloppy while proofreading. I’m very grateful to the teachers who never let me get away with it - they had a herculean task. But I’m afraid today I let them down - I misspelled Scott Rosenberg’s name in a trackback to his blog. Doh! So Scott, please accept my apologies. And Mrs. Smith, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Montgomery, Dr. Chapman, Mrs. Atterman, and of course Mrs. Scobbie, I don’t suppose I could convince you to look the other way just this once, please.
And even though at this moment I have a log in my eye , I will say that I think it’s very important for and all IT professionals to not just spell correctly, but to become proficient proofreaders.
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