… High school “graduates” lack the skills that would make them capable of even minimal performance at the college Freshman level. When you include minimal levels of literacy, lack of basic language skills, non-existent attention spans, lack of social interaction skills, low (if any) reading comprehension, low vocabulary development, smart phone addiction, and last but not least, lack of critical thinking and reasoning skills what do you expect? The vast majority of “high school graduates” have simply been moved through the system with little concern for any kind of learning.