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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/the-elite-college-students-who-cant-read-books/679945/

Students at elite universities such as Columbia are showing up to campus unable to read books. They've only read excerpts their entire school career. Many also struggle to write effectively. In response, many Columbia teachers have to water down the curriculum.[/quote]

This is so disappointing. My DS is in a private school in CA and he's read multiple full novels (Homegoing, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Great Gatsby) in just 9th and 10th grades, full plays (Macbeth, Uncle Vanya) and poems (many modern ones as well as ancient epic poem Gilgamesh). He just started 11th grade a month ago, and he's almost finished reading the full 600-page Crime and Punishment. I'm sad that other schools are only giving abridged or excerpts or reducing assignments to only one novel per year. These difficult books have undoubtedly stretched and challenged my DS, and he'd rather play video games or read excerpts if given the choice, but stretching and challenging him has led to growth.

I wish we'd give our kids more credit. [/quote]

Love this comment - and I also want to go to your kid's school now![/quote]

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