Comments on: Study: Most College Students Lack Skills

By: floyd

floyd — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:48:01 +0000

today we equate education with diplomas or years in school, when too often these things are only a measure of how long we delay adulthood.unfortunately the "in house" jobs usually go to the "paper trained" and not the qualified, so we must wade through a system that makes rub goldberg look like an efficiency expert.it is possible to come away from university with a good education but at least as likely to come away with only a degree. even our politicians are educated to some "degree"[lol].

By: McGehee

McGehee — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:27:56 +0000

The prose of advertising for products is a clear example of âpufferyâ beyond what is reasonable for us to believe. Students havenât learned that hard lesson yet.

Make 'em compare the fine print on their credit card applications against the promises made in the large, bold, multi-colored type, and they'll figure it out real quick.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:25:57 +0000

College isn't where one goes to acquire this skills.

Unless it's a part of the Cal State system, where remedial math and English have been part of the required curriculum for over 16 years now -- I had to submit paperwork to show that I didn't need remedial English in order to graduate, despite having achieved the highest possible score on the writing-proficiency exam.

I needed a math course to completev general ed so I took the simplest math course available -- having barely managed high-school algebra with a C, I figured I had it coming.

By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:48:58 +0000

Study: Most College Students Lack Skills

Nearing a diploma, most college students cannot handle many complex but common tasks, from understan

By: Steven Plunk

Steven Plunk — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:30:16 +0000

Unless you are a science major of some sort colleges don't teach enough scepticism. The most valuable tool in making sense of the world today is just that. We must understand the motives of those who communicate with us and understand those interests are usually different than our own. Colleges fail in warning students that it's tough out there.

After being required to believe everything they are told by professors students enter a world where very little is to be believed 100%. Sure they can believe some of it but never all of it if they know what is good for them.

The prose of advertising for products is a clear example of "puffery" beyond what is reasonable for us to believe. Students haven't learned that hard lesson yet.

In hindsight analyzing what some of my professors told me would have showed what frauds they were but it wouldn't have help my grades.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:34:35 +0000

Sheesh. Who can understand the arguments in the editorials of most newspapers these days?

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PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Line of the Day — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:29:04 +0000

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