… can not read and understand the texts for the course, will not be able to read and understand the question prompts, will not be able to produce much above a 7th or 8th grade written response (on a good day) … What could go wrong?
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Brings back blue-book school memories, and “back of book” Dealership memories.
Thought cursive writing was going out? Maybe this will bring it back?
Thanks for the link.
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… yep, the biggest problem of all … they have not been taught to nor had much practice in moving a writing instrument. Holding a cell phone from birth makes childhood fine motor development for writing a bit of a challenge.
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By design, unfortunately.
Ah no problemo… the educational unions will push back on grading written material due to the extra work load and to cover up their own incompetence in teaching the students literacy.
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The elites will soon be able to robotize little Johnny with wearables, augemtaions, and neural links.
No to mention, Johnny was also a “desinger edition” baby.
Johnny had gone through several “updated” augmtations; both in hardware, and/or software injections.
Yep, Johnny just wasn’t born into the: “Just-in-time” next-generation, Brave New World synthetic babies.
He was born a tad too late into: The 20th-Worst Century
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It seems we are reaching The Atlantis Point in our development…again!!! 
“Nothing new under the sun”…
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I didn’t know they had gotten rid of those .
That was the fear of the day, blue book exams. But they told you before-hand that it would be so!
It was the fear of battle and the joy of victory. The completion of an essay or answer well composed would fill one with joy.
I am glad they are returning.
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Interesting that picture books are so popular… perhaps a constant diet of ready made videos arrested the ability to create scenes in the mind with words. I am sure the educated upper class school children haven’t that problem. It would be much easier to reestablish a feudal world with uneducated people. It best they don’t know.
ALL TOO SOON…
The Keyboard, will give way to voice-contolled interfaces.
Not only is cursive a bygone skill-set…
So goes the typewriter; even a one-handed, key-stroke peckers[like me].
AND, the voice interface will read and/or type/speak replies.
Who need to read?
AI/Voice does it all?
AND, of course; the desk top moves into the neural-linked-chip, inside the skull.
How convenient!
derp derp derp Alexa tie my shoes derp derp Claude how many is 2 shoes plus 2 shoes? derp
We have to convince people not to use the technology, somehow.
That’s multiple people at work now that are my age and complain they ‘can’t pay attention/focus’ when they try to read. so they ‘just watch shows now’
'my eyes just move but my brain doesnt retain anything ’
welll you have to re train yourself! argh
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Yes I know others who claim that reading is too onerous now so video viewing is it. One is a retired college professor.
It’s fricking sad. They’re doing it to themselves.
Simply make the choice of where you put your attention.
I guarantee if/ once they get normal again, they will find books far more rewarding and deep.
After years of lapse in teaching cursive, good luck!
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… it is funny that most folks are unaware that brains (mind, if you wish) have to trained to read and write.
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and that writing is an adjuvant to the learning process
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