Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Interesting correction
Correction:
Tuesday's article "Found in Translation" incorrectly stated that 151 students were enrolled in Chinese 1A in the fall 2000 semester. In fact, 254 students were enrolled in Chinese 1A that semester.
Now, let's check out Tuesday's article:
According to Johnson, who has coordinated the department's sections for the past three years, students enrolled in first-year Chinese have increased from 254 in Fall 2000 to 278 this semester, while students in intermediate and advanced Chinese have increased by 70 and 25 students, respectively.
Two things to note:
The number has been corrected here without any kind of notice that the original has been changed.
The new number suddenly makes this story not very interesting. 254 to 278? Big whoop. The correction should have read:
"Tuesday's article "Found in Translation" incorrectly stated that enrollment to learn Chinese is increasing. Actually, it's not. The entire article was kind of silly."
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