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College English majors can't read
Damn lol
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“To summarize even further for those skimming: 58% of students understood very little of the passages they read 38% could understand about half of the sentences 5% could understand all seven paragraphs
These are college students majoring in English. About half of them are English Education majors, which means they will be teaching books like Bleak House to high school students after graduating. But they themselves cannot understand the literal meaning of the sentences in the opening paragraphs.”
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@taterhole
Jun 2, 2025
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@dotmatrices
finally read this (and the articles linked with in) and boy oh boy it looks like the Society™️ might have some Big Problems®
Jun 3, 2025
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@taterhole
@DOTMATRICES yeah 🥹
Jun 3, 2025
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@alexotl
wow things are so bad… it’s the same issue going on with new computer science grads. a lot of them cannot even code
Jun 3, 2025
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@taterhole
@ALEXOTL that tracks 😩
Jun 3, 2025
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@slowlytyped
oh we’re COOKED cooked, huh
Jun 3, 2025
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@taterhole
@SLOWLYTYPED the worst part is this study was actually conducted in 2015 and took a really long time to publish for some reason so it’s probably way way worse LOL
Jun 3, 2025
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