From the folks at College@Home comes the infographic below that provides food for thought in relation to the recently posted More Amazing Student Loan Statistics over at the other blog. This is surely not going to end well.
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Wow! Five in ten college freshman can’t find New York or Ohio on a map? That’s stunning.
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A friend of mine returned to university after ten years and just completed his Masters degree. (Way to go, Chad!)
As he was a graduate student, he served as a teaching assistant for his faculty advisor and was required to grade mid-term essays for the first year students.
He was astounded by what he saw: term papers that included text message-like slang used as proper English, students who couldn’t construct sentences and paragraphs, abysmal spelling and so on.
When he asked his advisor for guidance, he was told to give a passing grade to anybody that handed in the paper on time.
Wow – that’s really pretty astounding.
With each passing year, the evidence grows that Devo was right.
I had trouble believing it myself, but I’ve heard anecdotal evidence from other friends that corroborate Chad’s account. He, like most of us, found it appalling.
In addition, I’ve heard other stories from high school teachers about kids getting passed along with marginal reading, math and reasoning skills because failing them would damage their self esteem.
PS Devo rocks!