Yes, trade school. What I mean is that most college students today don’t have lofty ideas about receiving a classical education.
They just want jobs. They want to afford a house one day and raise a family. So, they pick majors they hope will get them employed, such as nursing or computer science.
Humanities students might study Latin or Greek mythology, but not many jobs are available for those degrees.
I have to say, I’ve never met a college student who could not read. I suspect the students who complain about reading an entire novel just don’t want to read it.
“ Yes, trade school. What I mean is that most college students today don’t have lofty ideas about receiving a classical education.”
You’re changing the subject
Read the headline
Getting your average, modern college atudent to read more than 5 or 6 pages at a time is a challenge. And their comprehension on said reading after a day or two is nearly nil.
But higher ed is big biz and they get advanced through the system.