Now, what does this really mean? Are colleges, whose professors are tenured, annoyed that the intellectual num-nuts they receive are too under-educated to understand the indoctrination they are receiving?
Interesting series of articles in the St. Pete Times the last couple of weeks about a liberal black journalist (Bill Maxwell) who decided to “give back” to his community, quit his job as a journalist, and teach at a black college. Boy was he surprised at how unprepared the kids were.
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/13/Opinion/I_had_a_dream.shtml
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/20/Opinion/A_dream_lay_dying.shtml
On the other hand, we homeschooled through 9th grade, “the kid” went to community college during high school years, earned his AA, transferred to University, and is graduating from college in December at the age of 19. He’s no genius, we just chose, not to do it the “traditional way”...which doesn’t seem to be working for a lot of kids. (P.S. the whole degree will have been tuition free...dual credit for AA, state merit scholarship for final two years.)
No. It means that students graduating high schools are functionally illiterate and can't place into ENG-101 and so mathematically challenged they can't place into a simple college algebra course. Without a basic knowledge of readin', writin', and 'rithemtic they can't succeed in any of the other courses.
By the way, not all college professors are liberal wingnuts.
Providing the opportunity to earn International Baccalaureates and celebrating the achievement of those who do is a starting point.
It’s astounding to listen extreme lefties bashing freshmen who come in with little to no knowledge about anything. These lefties blame everything and everyone except their fellow travelers in pubic education: the unionists teachers who pass illitarates along.