re: Students are entering college unable to write

I used to grade bar exams. There are many law school graduates who can’t write a decent sentence.

the states where it is accepting to support lgbt actually have higher rates of education, as well as better public education systems. But yes those in the south, whose hallmark of an education is going to sunday school should tell everyone else how to learn.

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when standards get lowered to equalize outcomes,

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It's not just that. It's about self esteem.
Back in the day if the teacher asked 'What is 2 + 11?' and Johnny said '6' the teacher would say: 'Wrong. Anyone here want to tell Johnny the right answer?'
Today the teacher says 'That's very close, Johnny. Class, let's give Johnny a cheer for almost getting it!'

Write ?

For the last 20 years all they have had to do is just bubble in the 'correct' answer on a scan tron sheet.
What did you expect to happen?

Now let's see if they can do some do loops in Fortran.

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Students are entering college unable to write

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Writing is racist.

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K-12 public education has failed

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Absolutely... Besides the fact that public schools are required to implement all types of Federal bull crap the profession does not attract the best and brightest...

All you have to do is go to a public gathering where educators and administrators speak and you will see that something is lacking...

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About 68% of those starting at two-year public institutions and 40% of students enrolled in public four-year universities took at least one remedial writing class between 2003 to 2009, according to an original report from the Department of Education.

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I find the numbers a little hard to believe.

Literature is woke. The only thing they should be learning to write is computer code.

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If you can’t afford private education, don’t have a kid. Pretty simple.

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Or, now hear me out, be a responsible fricking parent and realize education starts at home and take the initiative to educate your child. In fact, if you can't dedicate time in being the primary educator for your child, then you don't have children.

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My dad actually sheds a "where did I go wrong with this one?" tear each time he sees my handwriting, as his is legit beautiful.

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Im left handed and my script leans left. My elementary teacher told me its supposed to lean right and I told her that is because a right handed person invented it. She said you get an S-. I said its a small price to pay versus a lifetime of looking like some contortionist every time I want to sign a document.

You ever seen obama sign a document, the way he curls his hand around the entire document, its so his writing leans right, he conformed like so many others.