{"id":1,"date":"2014-11-17T12:43:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T12:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/srvubuweb005.uct.ac.za\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-10-17T10:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T08:45:59","slug":"why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/NBT\/2014\/11\/why\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/NBT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/handshake-2009195_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/NBT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/handshake-2009195_640-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/NBT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/handshake-2009195_640-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/NBT\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/handshake-2009195_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This aim of this blog is to give NBT writers, their parents, and their educators some insight into the whys and hows of the NBTs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why do you have to write the NBTs?<\/li>\n<li>How should you go about finding more information about them?<\/li>\n<li>What exactly is &#8220;Academic Literacy&#8221; and &#8220;Quantitative Literacy&#8221;?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These and other questions will be answered here. 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