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Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence
- LostMyLogin 9mo agofull: Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates
- elmerfud 9mo agoWhy would someone who is unable to read a sentence be able to graduate from college? It seems like these professors would just push people through to graduation or they would make their statement that it leads to a anxious and lonely generation of dropouts.
- ThrowawayR2 9mo agoCuts in state funding to higher ed. over the years means that student tuition is covering most of the costs and, as they say, "the customer is always right". Academia isn't immune to being anxious about where their next paycheck is coming from, same as HN.
- rasengan 9mo agoI thought I was reading the Onion. :(
- treetalker 9mo agoIt's Fortune, so the situation is even more dire.
- theLegionWithin 9mo agoso... fail them? maybe they can learn to read after failing a 101 class a few times in a row
- beardyw 9mo ago'arriving to college" In my book that should be either arriving at college, or coming to college.
- pirates 9mo agoMaybe it was written by someone in Gen Z.
- cafard 9mo agoI offer an upvote for a plausible interpretation of "I feel like I am tap dancing ..."