tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post6754364896042632252..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Link the Dollar's Value to this College Class ListCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-89258914289819613572009-12-16T21:31:21.451-08:002009-12-16T21:31:21.451-08:00One more example of the dumbing down of the the US...One more example of the dumbing down of the the USA and the near total failure of the US educational system.<br /><br />Technically if you totally ignore the educational system's impacts upon students' abilities and the adverse impact on the taxpayer, our schools are doing a wonderful job for the teachers, their unions and the Democratic Party, but that's a topic for another post.<br /><br />It could be worse, they could actually give credit for those "developmental classes".<br /><br />My wife taught an introductory course at a community college and made the mistake of giving an essay question. The papers were virtually unreadable - miserable spelling, grammar and punctuation, but as bad as that was, the worst thing was the inability to develop an cogent and logical thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-29201023433499016272009-12-16T11:56:16.314-08:002009-12-16T11:56:16.314-08:00Gern geschehen! I like how you named the pic file...Gern geschehen! I like how you named the pic file "cripes". LOL.Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-6441855739409481152009-12-16T08:31:45.110-08:002009-12-16T08:31:45.110-08:00As someone who took courses at TCC years ago (to g...As someone who took courses at TCC years ago (to get transfer credits cheap to go to a good 4 year college) I never took these remedial type course. If they start w/ a zero, they don't count as credits toward a degree.<br /><br />Sadly, they are necessary because the elementary and high schools often turn out semi-literate, innumerate grads, and they need to make up the deficit somehow when they decide they are ready for a read education.codemonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725813046575952806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-23880120572511690002009-12-16T03:42:05.094-08:002009-12-16T03:42:05.094-08:00Defending these "easy" grammar classes. ...Defending these "easy" grammar classes. I remember going back to school 10 years after I graduated high school and realized almost everything I learned of English grammar was way gone. I decided the best (and smartest) thing was for me to start all over in the lowest grammar class being offered. Note: I restarted in a community college.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-57843445675207863882009-12-15T14:22:48.706-08:002009-12-15T14:22:48.706-08:00Oh, that's easy: when your post-secondary stud...Oh, that's easy: when your post-secondary students are so dim that they need courses like this, your nation hasn't a freaking prayer of producing anything of value for the dollar to rest on.<br /><br />I think the ones they allow credit for do have a purpose, though I still wouldn't give credit for them. I took a study skills workshop in first year university and it helped immensely, but I don't think it should have counted towards anything. I was rectifying a deficiency in my own work habits, not learning engineering.daniel_reamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02403549053471947069noreply@blogger.com