[End Times Sentinel]

I entered expecting the kids to make me look foolish, it never happened.

I had a similar experience, in that I started in my mid to late 20's and was truly stunned at what passed for scholarship in all levels of my University experience.

I don't know if there was a severe drop off in the 10 years or so since I'd been out of H.S., if it was the fact that I went to a top ranked H.S., or that I was at an advantage because of my maturity.  Perhaps all three.

The one thing that was clear to me, in the classes though, was I took it more seriously.  I'll never forget another student saying he "didn't have time" to get a reading done.  Dude, you live at home, you don't work, and you're 18.  You didn't get the reading done because there was a Manix marathon on USA Network.

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.

I entered expecting the kids to make me look foolish, it never happened.

I had a similar experience, in that I started in my mid to late 20's and was truly stunned at what passed for scholarship in all levels of my University experience.

I don't know if there was a severe drop off in the 10 years or so since I'd been out of H.S., if it was the fact that I went to a top ranked H.S., or that I was at an advantage because of my maturity.  Perhaps all three.

The one thing that was clear to me, in the classes though, was I took it more seriously.  I'll never forget another student saying he "didn't have time" to get a reading done.  Dude, you live at home, you don't work, and you're 18.  You didn't get the reading done because there was a Manix marathon on USA Network.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

My literature professor swore me to secrecy and let me read some of the submitted assignments. Many of the essays began, “I am writing about___________because____________is my favorite_______________”. No imagination, no fluency, don’t need to mention spelling, but they all had HS diplomas.