Hey, guess what...University students are struggling to read entire books

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fukkin' morans.

Students from the University of Sheffield say claims they are unable to focus on complex arguments are 'unfair'

Students have reacted to claims from university professors that they struggle to read books from cover to cover by admitting it is true - but insisting it's because universities don't give them enough time to finish them.


University academics caused a furore this week by claiming many students found the thought of reading books all the way to the end “daunting”, due to shorter attention spans and an inability to focus on complex philosophies.


Jenny Pickerill, a professor in environmental geography at the University of Sheffield, told Times Higher Education magazine: “Students struggle with set texts, saying the language or concepts are too hard”.


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University students are struggling to read entire books | Education | News | The Independent
 
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Well that explains why the old stockers are struggling to read a few paragraphs.
 
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I can see flossie's attention span!
 
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BUt nobody said they would have to study in university. After all they got participation ribbons all through school for attending.
 
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When I started university I had to read on average maybe 200 pages per week. By fourth year it was about double that give or take. Add it all up and its quite a few books. One thing that annoyed me was that they rarely got us to read entire books. They'd make us spend say $150-200 on a particular text book then over the course of the class maybe use about half of it. That wasnt just one class. Quite a few were like that.

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Perhaps a good sound beating is in order
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Too much work. Much easier to just insult them. You can do that without even trying.
 
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WLDB said:
One thing that annoyed me was that they rarely got us to read entire books. They'd make us spend say $150-200 on a particular text book then over the course of the class maybe use about half of it. That wasnt just one class. Quite a few were like that.
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So unless they were forcing you finishing the book was not in your best interest and they would not kick you out of the class for taking that initiative.
 
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You people have it easy, in 10 minutes I head out the door to deal with 12 foreign national gradual students.

They are sharp, bright and ambitious but were naive as f-ck 6 months ago.

Now comes the hard part.

In the upcoming 3 months they get tossed into the carnivorous world of international trade.

Poor bastards.

Toodles!

Have a nice day.
 
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petros said:
You people have it easy, in 10 minutes I head out the door to deal with 12 foreign national gradual students.

They are sharp, bright and ambitious but were naive as f-ck 6 months ago.

Now comes the hard part.

In the upcoming 3 months they get tossed into the carnivorous world of international trade.

Poor bastards.

Toodles!

Have a nice day.
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Trial by fire, eh?
 
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