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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 06 April 2013 03:39:04AM 8 points [-]

The idea of an illiterate professor is intriguing. If someone illiterate is an excellent teacher of dance, a visual art, story-telling, or something else which doesn't require writing, why not?

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 06 April 2013 08:38:02AM 1 point [-]

Because they couldn't handle all the education-related bureaucracy.

:D