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FakeNoose

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7. Many of today's teachers got their education under Dubya's "No Child Left Behind" program

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Tue Oct 8, 2024, 09:34 PM

Oct 2024

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Does anyone see the connection?

Those of us in the Boomer generation - and even most of our kids - graduated high school before Dubya. We grew up knowing how to read actual printed books - both for learning AND for enjoyment.

Any child born after 1990 or so, can't say that because they were all taught to pass tests and nothing else. Now those kids are teaching the next generation.

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The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books [View all] Passages Oct 2024 OP

I went to high school in a small town Vegan4life Oct 2024 #1

They prepare them for the standardized tests. Passages Oct 2024 #6

Oh boy. The nation is in trouble. Students can't/don't want to read... brush Oct 2024 #2

About 10 years ago or more I read an article where novelist Philip Roth appalachiablue Oct 2024 #3

It is troubling. Passages Oct 2024 #5

It sounds like they may have been taught to focus too much on minute details. Jim__ Oct 2024 #4

Many of today's teachers got their education under Dubya's "No Child Left Behind" program FakeNoose Oct 2024 #7

It's very sad. So many factors at play here. My wife and I used to read so many books, we have huge bookshelves LymphocyteLover Oct 2024 #8

I was a Russian major in the very late '70s and early '80s. Igel Oct 2024 #9

There is someone who wrote a book about reading books NJCher Oct 2024 #10

Thank you, I would appreciate the link. Passages Oct 2024 #12

How about these professors choosing more relevant, modern books? Elessar Zappa Oct 2024 #11