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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (46666)	11/27/2017 10:58:59 PM
From: Alex MG	Respond to of 359689

Only the cultists who watch Fox news and swallow the daily propaganda... Preached by Bill O'Reilly. Such a "christian" is Bill O... what a joke this country is becoming Did anyone really ever give you any grief about that? I ask because I have never experienced any such thing or heard of anyone who has.

To: Lane3 who wrote (46666)	11/28/2017 7:40:35 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 359689

washingtontimes.com ...College graduates, whatever their major, should be well equipped to engage in “critical thinking.” Simply, evaluate a collection of statements and data to reach measured conclusions, independent of their own preconceived notions. This is essential for entry level professional work and responsible participation in our civic life. Yet employers find those qualities lacking in about four in 10 graduates, and data from the College Learning Assessment Plus shows four years of college often adds little to students’ analytical abilities. These failures do not appear correlated to the prestige of the institution. Modest Plymouth State in New Hampshire did pretty well in a recent assessment, whereas the University of Texas at Austin, often viewed on par with the Ivy League, scored poorly. General education requirements have been corrupted and the structure of majors and career counseling are woefully outdated. In the 1950s, freshman composition was an arduous rite of passage. Students wrote a theme every week that was rigorously graded for grammar and logical structure. They learned not merely how to bang a subject against a verb for expressive effect, but also how to think clearly and put aside personal biases. Gradually, such rigor has been removed from required undergraduate curriculum....