northwind_gale: (wtf is this shit)
Gale ([personal profile] northwind_gale) wrote2009-10-05 07:13 pm

Just...what.

Quote taken from Mark Slouka's essay "Dehumanized" in...Harper's Magazine? I think that's where my teacher got it...

"...even though the inability of two thirds of our college graduates to read a text and draw rational inferences could be seen as..."

AMERICA. WHAT ARE YOU TEACHING YOUR STUDENTS? IF THEY CAN'T EVEN READ SOMETHING AND GET A BASIC IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING...

I JUST...GOD.

B/

[identity profile] northwind-gale.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, the essay isn't due until Friday, and we won't get it back until the Monday after. Meaning that I'll probably write the essay all on Thursday night/Friday morning and promptly forget about it. But yeah, go on.

If the article wasn't on Blackboard I'd link it to ya. It's an interesting essay, about how the sciences are being prioritized in the American University setting and the humanities are being left hung to dry, and what this could lead to for America. Maybe you could Google the title and author I gave you.

[identity profile] digitalstarry.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome, I procrastinate myself XD;

I do have blackboard, but its not your blackboard D:

Ooooh sounds interesting, I'll note that~

[identity profile] northwind-gale.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Yay~procrastinators!!! *high-fives all around!*

god, I hate Blackboard sometimes. I just...ugh.

It's a good read, whenever you have time. :D