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"Collegiate Craziness: 19-Year-Old Student Expresses Outrage Over English Majors"
In a shocking turn of events, a 19-year-old student has taken to social media to express her frustration with the English major at her college. The young woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, has sparked a heated debate among students, faculty, and alumni.
"I’m fed up with the English major at my college," the student wrote in a scathing Facebook post. "It’s like they’re trying to crush my soul with all this pretentious nonsense. Ulysses, huh? How about some Kafka or even better, give me some Austen, already!"
The student’s post has gone viral, with many students and young adults echoing her sentiments. Some have even started a movement, using the hashtag #EnglishMajorProblems, to share their own stories of frustration and despair.
"I don’t get why we’re forced to read all this outdated literature," wrote one student. "Can’t we just do something relevant for once?"
"I used to love English, but now it’s just so… boring," agreed another. "And don’t even get me started on the assignments. Who thought it was a good idea to make us write 10-page essays on the symbolism in ‘Wuthering Heights’?"
The controversy has caught the attention of college administrators, who are scrambling to address the concerns of disgruntled students.
"We understand that the English major may not be to everyone’s taste," said a college spokesperson. "However, we believe that studying literature provides students with a unique opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and appreciate the complexities of the human experience."
Meanwhile, English professors are dismissing the backlash as a generational phenomenon.
"Young people today are more interested in instant gratification and social media than in the classic works of literature," said one professor. "It’s not their fault that they don’t appreciate the beauty of Keats’ sonnets."
As the debate continues to rage on, it remains to be seen how colleges will respond to the growing discontent among students.
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Important: I'm (19F) in an Visual Arts course, so if you're in a more logic based course, know that I'm probably not talking about you.
I'm not trying to make a generazation but this does feel like a bit of a generational problem as well. But I don't know much non Art folk so please tell me what you think about this!
1) Do people not know how to fucking read!?
People do not read ANYTHING. Emails? What are those? Messages? Huh? SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS? NAH.
Jesus Christ, it's impossible to make people do or understand a simple task.
I'm never becoming a teacher because how the hell do they put up with this?
Everything it's literally there, but no, let's just ask again for the 1000th time. Or not even ask and be a fool.
You have access to every single piece of knowledge in your pocket, but no let's not use it.
2) 0 responsibility and infantilazation.
My god do these 'kids' have their food chewed for them and it shows.
The other day I saw a news article about my country. Apparently universities have been contacted by parents about their kids not passing and wanting the universities to pass them…
I'm sorry… WHAT? Your kid is an adult?
What…
"How do you pay the tuition? How much is it?"
… You're not taking care of that yourselves? It's the second year…
You're an adult?
I'm not talking about being the one to pay for uni, I mean the process of transfer every month.
I take care of all burocracy and money transfers related to uni because it's of MY interest to have that responsibility.
3) Demonizing teachers for everything
My god do people hate university teachers.
Don't get me wrong, I think sometimes the "Those who can't do, teach" can be true. And of course not all people are great or even good teachers.
But my god, that does not mean they deserve to be treated like trash and blamed for everything.
Their job is to guide, teach and communicate.
And if one of those is failing, maybe there just needs to be some empathy and communication to fix it. Most teachers are just trying their best and just need an adult conversation to clean stuff up.
But no, let's blame everyone else but ourselves for our mistakes.
What do you guys think about this? Am I the only one experiencing this around me?
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Universities used to be exclusive. You had to be wealthy (already well educated), or considerably bright to get into uni. Now because of funding cuts and other things anyone and everyone is allowed in, so standards and quality have slipped. Universities will allow students to get off with a warning for using AI or contract cheating. Exclusive universities like Oxbridge and the Ivy League retained high standards because it sets them apart from the rest.
Fact is, not everyone is deserving of going to university. Not everyone can be bright or talented and you’ll learn that from working on group assignments and watching adults struggle to give a presentation. But since people pay so much for their education they feel entitled to pass, especially international students. If you’re getting passes at university you should drop out, they show you’re not good enough. But that’s not how it works anymore. P’s get degrees so there’s no incentive to work harder.
More than half of people between 16 and 74 years of age in the United States read at a 5th grade level or lower. So to answer your question, yeah effectively a lot of people can’t read.