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Gale ([personal profile] northwind_gale) wrote2009-10-05 07:13 pm
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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.

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[identity profile] northwind-gale.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be fine if it said "freshman". But the quote says "graduates," which is just beyond me. If they come in with the reading comprehension of a freshman and leave with the reading comprehension of a freshman, then I'd question what the fuck was going on with their education. I don't give a damn about what improved in other shit, I want to know what the fuck happened to make you miss out on this core component.

[identity profile] spinelsoup.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
XD I know, I know. I just couldn't resist the Frosh joke.

But yeah, the current state of the humanities and liberal arts in higher education is pretty crap in a lot of places. But then the hardest thing to teach someone is how to think, and a lot of college and high school kids just don't seems interested in learning it. Whadaya gonna do.

[identity profile] northwind-gale.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
*does not know of this Frosh, fails*

And that's what the article I pulled this from is about, m'dear. I'd share it, but it's on my school's Blackboard, so, can't link it or anything. :/

[identity profile] spinelsoup.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, Frosh = unflattering/endearing term for freshmen :P At least at my school.

What's a Blackboard?

[identity profile] northwind-gale.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. XD

It's kind of a school forum, where teachers and students can have discussions, chat, share documents, assignments, whatever. Colleges have their own individual Blackboard if they do have the program, so students/teachers can't interact with people outside their college. It's a closed network.

Unfortunately, it can be slow and laggy at points, and it's confusing at points, but all in all, it's convenient.
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