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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish you guys could see the students in my college classes that I teach.  They lack the ability to take notes.  They don’t read the textbook.  They panic before a test and want a study guide defining exactly what is on the test.  They do not want to study any information more than what is on the test.  They will ask you questions the morning of the exam.  They ask for extra credit.  The quality of the student skill set has plummeted in the last 20 years.  They are used to fill-in-the-blank guided notes from middle and high school. They are used to re-takes.  And, they never see textbooks. It’s easy to ignore the soft copy textbook—why read that?  —signed a professor. [/quote]

+1000 (from another professor)[/quote]

Whose fault is that? My child is a senior. DC has has, maybe, 6 required books over middle and HS. They don't teach note taking, typing, computer skills as part of the basic education. They are given study guides. They are given extra credit, retakes, etc. They don't use textbooks. This is what they are used to and what they expect.

This is not all on the kids. [/quote]

Nope. It's on schools and parents.[/quote]

Nope what?

Other than making kids read at home, these things in the PP are purely the schools. [/quote]

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