BTW - answered other bits below but: you reference your child. Ok, assume a public school. I went to Fairfax County high schools--my writing ability was solid when I entered college, but there were students (not just athletes) who were barely literate.
Should the professor expect the same things from each students, especially when it is as arbitrary as "writing style, argument, and analysis"? I'd argue "no" - though I do see the danger of grading students on different scales. So, unfair perhaps, but unnecessary? I'm not sure I agree--there is too much entitlement and pure slacking (let me paste this from wikipedia right here..) in undergraduate studies in many programs now. It is disheartening.
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Date: 2007-06-06 06:19 pm (UTC)you reference your child. Ok, assume a public school. I went to Fairfax County high schools--my writing ability was solid when I entered college, but there were students (not just athletes) who were barely literate.
Should the professor expect the same things from each students, especially when it is as arbitrary as "writing style, argument, and analysis"? I'd argue "no" - though I do see the danger of grading students on different scales. So, unfair perhaps, but unnecessary? I'm not sure I agree--there is too much entitlement and pure slacking (let me paste this from wikipedia right here..) in undergraduate studies in many programs now. It is disheartening.