tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post4435527741189293766..comments2024-03-22T01:06:23.845-07:00Comments on Confessions of a College Professor: Average College Freshman Reads At 7th Grade LevelDoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-52656559188204629942019-04-30T13:11:22.567-07:002019-04-30T13:11:22.567-07:00"I never let my schooling interfere with my e..."I never let my schooling interfere with my education."<br /><br />"Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold."<br /><br />"All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge."<br /><br />Mark Twaincommon sense JOEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832595230725194009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-46412539544712560512019-04-29T06:56:13.080-07:002019-04-29T06:56:13.080-07:00I don't know if The Federalist is quite so &qu...I don't know if The Federalist is quite so "mainstream," but I'll be writing on comparable soon. Thanks!Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-67869311928349607582019-04-29T06:26:57.312-07:002019-04-29T06:26:57.312-07:00Another fairly mainstream media article on axing t...Another fairly mainstream media article on axing the student loan. This one even explicitly mentions this :<br /><br />"Today’s problems are less about radical professors and idiot students than administrative careerists who have given colleges and universities a new spiritual mission in the form of social justice activism."<br /><br />https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/29/dont-bail-colleges-student-loan-mess-theyve-made/avicenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501884166977289646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-44036076968317317512019-04-28T22:29:10.641-07:002019-04-28T22:29:10.641-07:00When I attended college in the prehistoric 1960...When I attended college in the prehistoric 1960's about 2% had to take "dumbbell english" and that was considered unacceptably high. College admissions complained that the public schools were sending them an inferior product and look where it is now.justajohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188373213094185248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-61705331023659386312019-04-28T19:43:21.754-07:002019-04-28T19:43:21.754-07:00This is why I keep pointing out how the fraud on m...This is why I keep pointing out how the fraud on many of our campuses is obvious. They can't *possibly* be taking college level material, the schools document it. But they're getting student loan money for college work, somehow.Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-5649766681538084302019-04-28T17:43:30.387-07:002019-04-28T17:43:30.387-07:00I knew of a community college that gave three coll...I knew of a community college that gave three college readiness tests--reading, writing, and mathematics. If you scored at a certain level or below you took remedial English or remedial math. But no one was ever required to take remedial reading. I asked why and was told that many students tested into remedial in all three categories but that they couldn't get financial aid unless they were enrolled in one college level class. Therefore, no reading level requirement for any class. Imagine teaching psychology or history to someone not reading at a college level. Imagine teaching "word problems" in a math class to someone reading at a 7th grade level. Dusti Sisconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433624485055413315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-14228008433921049752019-04-28T16:58:40.444-07:002019-04-28T16:58:40.444-07:00https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washburn-univ...https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washburn-university-football-player-killed-giants-draftee-injured-shooting-n999311<br />Washburn U football hero signed up for NY Giants this weekend upon graduation and was murdered at his party celebrating all this junk.Elaine M Supkishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11611766336362701554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-14660392844018477322019-04-28T14:23:59.621-07:002019-04-28T14:23:59.621-07:00They read that well? Regressive dis-education is n...They read that well? Regressive dis-education is negligent in doing its part to ready in time the masses of the once peak developed nations for world state slavery! After that comes no problem predicting who faces Stalinist show trials & purges early. Some times one just can not be bad enough.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17914346569501144047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-16552085044758221462019-04-28T13:12:46.196-07:002019-04-28T13:12:46.196-07:007th grade level? Have you recently talked to a 12 ...7th grade level? Have you recently talked to a 12 year old? More like 3rd grade level.abinicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08771568776073145758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-68903846124215501742019-04-28T09:28:58.153-07:002019-04-28T09:28:58.153-07:00This is hardly surprising to me. I worked for LAU...This is hardly surprising to me. I worked for LAUSD in the IT construction department and would have to go to various schools. I perused the 'essays' that the honor students were writing and realized that if I had written that poorly in 5th grade that my parents would have killed me.<br /><br />Yes, the worst of the worst were in the 'ghetto' schools where no doubt the few who can write well don't for fear of acting like 'whitey'. We're not doing these future inmates and welfare mothers any favors by giving them worthless pieces of paper. Though I guess the world does need more people to major in Modern African American Dance Therapy.Thrakerzoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789428307682986916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-5389709310948794982019-04-28T03:43:27.270-07:002019-04-28T03:43:27.270-07:00But that failure is a result of the system at the ...But that failure is a result of the system at the college level that guarantees that only the worst of college students go into primary and secondary school teaching.ChefGaryDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201668872695826528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-81482377333217768442019-04-28T03:38:21.770-07:002019-04-28T03:38:21.770-07:00The Idiocracy has come early. You can also see it...The Idiocracy has come early. You can also see it in our political leadership.ChefGaryDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201668872695826528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-10740702504878691472019-04-28T03:36:19.465-07:002019-04-28T03:36:19.465-07:00They play football.They play football.ChefGaryDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201668872695826528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-62269564424798954152019-04-28T01:27:04.257-07:002019-04-28T01:27:04.257-07:00I had taught College Reading and Study Improvement...I had taught College Reading and Study Improvement for several years at a community college. Most of the students in the college needed to take remedial classes but didn't. They wanted to get on with their "book learnin'" instead of dealing with stuff they didn't get in primary and secondary schools. One of the first things I did in the class was to do timed readings. Many were lucky to read at 150 words per minute and don't even talk about their comprehension. They were lucky to get to 20%. If they stayed in the class, many didn't because they were required to actually do some work they learned something. Their reading and study improvement was vastly improved once they finished the class. One main reason is that I didn't use the assigned book. I had acquired techniques that could bring even the slow reader up to speeds well beyond the 250 WPM of most college students. I saw grades go up from Ds and Fs to As and Bs. Needless to say, later the department told me I had to use the assigned text. That did not help their learning and comprehension.Eye of Horushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398136948080848879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-6931218597283395822019-04-27T22:31:10.072-07:002019-04-27T22:31:10.072-07:00But the 7th grade level has nothing to do with the...But the 7th grade level has nothing to do with the institutions of higher learning, it has to do with a failure at the grade school level of education. Don't complain about college admissions, complain about the dismal education in primary schools!Archie1954https://www.blogger.com/profile/10252050930942545446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-22304045561678074712019-04-27T21:53:10.927-07:002019-04-27T21:53:10.927-07:00My coworkers, who are college grads from the 1990&...My coworkers, who are college grads from the 1990's and later: think Africa's a country, have never read a book all the way through, have no shame in admitting that they cheated on tests and bought or plagiarized every term paper they ever turned in and they speak like ignorant middle schoolers. Pathetic.PeZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067078171927621145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-83436295003094965312019-04-27T21:51:35.444-07:002019-04-27T21:51:35.444-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.PeZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067078171927621145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-35838489764707491222019-04-27T21:22:36.263-07:002019-04-27T21:22:36.263-07:00Good observation. Since, presumably some freshman ...Good observation. Since, presumably some freshman are at the 12th grade level, that would mean it's quite possible as many are at the 2nd grade level. Scary thought, right? As my army recruiter friend says...the recruits that are too stupid for the army, often tell him they'll just go to college instead.Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-86905879346871604532019-04-27T18:44:22.703-07:002019-04-27T18:44:22.703-07:00The average is 7th grade. What about the lower hal...The <i><b>average</b></i> is 7th grade. What about the lower half? What about the lower quartile?!philipjcowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199790003777366126noreply@blogger.com