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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One should already know how to write well before finishing high school. Who goes to college, or get into college, that doesn't already have a college prep high school background with extensive writing? [/quote]

The vast majority of college students and graduates are terrible writers. They use exaggerated wordy jargon in the passive voice (cop-speak) in an attempt to sound more sophisticated. They employ Random Capitalization of nouns. In general, they have no idea how to conceptualize (let alone write) a clear thought. The typical SAT verbal/critical reading score is under 500 - barely a middle school reading level. In part, this is because K-12 schools don't have the resources to assign enough writing projects and because most students do very little reading on their own. Colleges don't really teach those remedial skills because every PhD academic thinks its beneath them. The funny part in real life is how few of them know they are incompetent writers![/quote]

I know you.  You may be a decent writer but you're overly aggressive and plain rude. [/quote]

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