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Why doesn't he raise the idea that maybe the reason they think they're good writers, but aren't, and think they think critically, but don't, could be that their
by ahoyhere 17y ago
Why doesn't he raise the idea that maybe the reason they think they're good writers, but aren't, and think they think critically, but don't, could be that their pre-college education sucks?
Last I checked, most young people's parents don't grade their kids' essays. They may edit them, but that doesn't directly result in the kid saying to her professor the next year, "But I always got A's before!" There was a still a teacher supposedly being a gatekeeper between the paper and the grade.
From the comments: "There are two types of Millenials - whiners and fighters."
I dunno, but that sounds like HUMANITY in general, to me.
- toddh 17y agoMaybe they are good writers and this guy has a very peculiar sense of what is good writing? His essay didn't fill be with awe. He's not complaining about results. He's dumping on students because he doesn't like how they write. Could there be a more arbitrary metric? I don't think so.