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dave bonner
@rascalking.com
software developer at the mit media lab, masshole. he/him.
i hate having emotions about reality; i'd much rather have them about Sanctuary Moon.
also @dave@rascalking.com on fedi, and @rascalking on twitter
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I'd assumed this was just normal generational slander, but eldest confirmed they don't usually get assigned a whole book, just excerpts. Not that she hasn't been assigned whole books, but that it's not common. And less so in high school than middle school, weirdly.
Recently, I tweeted about how in 90s/00s it was common to be assigned a book to read in 1 or 2 weeks. Many younger people replied they'd NEVER been assigned that much reading even while getting graduate degrees. Others said they hadn't been assigned entire books AT ALL in h.s....only excerpts.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
maybe i'm a weepy dork but schools having kids learn books via excerpts is really sad to me.
DB
dave bonner
@rascalking.com
software developer at the mit media lab, masshole. he/him.
i hate having emotions about reality; i'd much rather have them about Sanctuary Moon.
also @dave@rascalking.com on fedi, and @rascalking on twitter
174 followers628 following194 posts