[Old Professer]

A college class that teaches students to bring books to school has a long hard road ahead.

[Mr. Bird]

class discussions veered from little things, like ways to remember to bring books to school,

I are a college student. Am you?

This is pathetic. No one is doing any favors by telling someone who can't remember to bring books to class that they belong in college. First, there's grade inflation. That ultimately leads to degree inflation, which is what we have here. Whole populations of unmitigated nincompoops receiving degrees from accredited institutions. My BA is now probably equivalent to multiple PhD's, for heaven's sake.

[Riverman94610]

I know that reminding students to bring books to class may seem absurd but the sad fact is that in most high schools in the hood it is commonplace for students to come to class completely unprepared.
I have seen black kids who went to high schools and were either bored or distracted with the usual adolescent nonsense bloom once they got into a college environment where they finally had friends and peers with goals and higher expectations.
Unfortunately,these kids are few and far between because they let the madness of the hood bend them to such a point where they fall hopelessly back with no chance to recover.

[yankeedame]

A college class that teaches students to bring books to school has a long hard road ahead.

LOL! You got that right, neighbor. And what's next? Teaching them the importance to bring paper and a pen along with the book? Teaching them the importance of showing up on time? Or paying attention in class? Lord..lord..lord..where will the pressure on these students end?