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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This question is for the college professors among us: Are professors at all universities seeing a big drop in college preparedness among undergraduates ? I have heard that that is the case at some very strong universities. I presume this is related to the Pandemic.

If so, what areas are undergrad college professors seeing the biggest skill set weaknesses in? Is it technical academic skills or social skills or both?

What if anything, do you think high school students should be doing to be better prepared for college ?

Thanks in advance [/quote]

My best friend teaches at University and she sees a number of things. kidseither have high academic skills but are intractable because they are taught in such a paranoid and rigid manner the littlest thing sets them off, kids who literally cannot write a paper and not prepared at all and they suspect it is not being prepared and the TO and finally kids whose might as well have their parents come to school. Your parents are not supposed to be calling/emailing the professor -failure to launch syndrome. They also find they have less freedom to teach because they are worried some kid is going to post a snippet of a lecture and they will have to explain to the world. Yes tenure protects your job but not your emotions. Kids of today are bratty and they sometimes wonder if they should retire.[/quote]

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