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CU Medallion [53493]
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Feel free to flame, but I am curious....
Jan 7, 2013, 1:21 PM
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how in the hell do these kids pass their exams with the grammar they use? Do they even put English as a college requirement anymore?
It's 90% of all players it seems like. All programs.
I think texting has ruined more brains than we know.
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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saw a special on Dateline last night about it...
Jan 7, 2013, 1:22 PM
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not sure where we are headed as a society. Our social skills are eroding rapidly.
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Heisman Winner [112033]
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<-------1950's This way
Jan 7, 2013, 1:34 PM
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I think people socialize just fine, only not to your personal and spiritual liking.
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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okay***
Jan 7, 2013, 1:42 PM
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Orange Blooded [3257]
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Nor mine! People seem not to be capable of speaking or
Jan 7, 2013, 3:50 PM
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writing Spelling and cursive writing are things of the past. The meshing of cultures has resulted in bringing society down rather than elevating it.....JMHO
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110%er [6861]
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Fact! Though that comment will p1$$ off the liberal dooshes***
Jan 7, 2013, 4:03 PM
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Orange Blooded [3257]
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The truth is the truth.***
Jan 7, 2013, 4:24 PM
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Oculus Spirit [97897]
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As an employer I have run into this problem too
Jan 7, 2013, 1:48 PM
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This is OT, but it is very hard to find bright young employees who have good social skills. It is even more difficult to find bright young people who have good social skills and can write well. It is a chronic problem with my company. We have hired several people who are older who meet the requirements, but they are nearing retirement and demand higher salaries, and are infinitely more difficult to train. Ideally I would like to hire a young college graduate with good social and writing skills who can learn and be trained and absorb the knowledge to do what our company does, and do it well.
And in doing this, I continually find myself competing for law school graduates, who are usually the best qualified to do what we do, but they all would rather practice law. The point is fifty years ago most any college graduate could come in and do what our company does. Now, the majority of college graduates can not do what we require, and we are now forced to look at graduates with an even higher level of education.
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All-TigerNet [10968]
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Thanks to lottery scholarships, pell grants, and federally
Jan 7, 2013, 1:49 PM
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backed student loans, college has become glorified high school
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Oculus Spirit [97897]
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That is certainly part of the equation
Jan 7, 2013, 1:57 PM
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But that does not explain the lack of social skills.
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Hall of Famer [21621]
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Holistic education is receding as technical education grows.
Jan 7, 2013, 2:17 PM
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Critical thinking and advanced communication is dying. It's all a natural part of our inevitable decline. Hopefully nobody ever thought this whole America thing would last forever. 
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Hall of Famer [21621]
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It's society taking education for granted because we live in
Jan 7, 2013, 2:15 PM
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excess.
You are absolutely right, college has definitely become glorified high school for many people... but the problem is in high schools and at home.
Our society is all about making things easy, and not having to solve your own problems. By the time kids get to college they are totally unprepared to handle any real problems. Critical thinking is a dying thing. Now schools are bending over backwards to adjust to this lack of problem solving by changing requirements and making everything even easier.
One of the casualties of this relaxed standard is written communication. Most people just think it's no big deal, but so many young people are totally unable to fully communicate their ideas because they always use simplified or incorrect language. But hey... everybody's doing it... so no big deal.
If you can swim with the other fish, but most of the other fish are also inept... what you have is a social problem.
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All-TigerNet [10968]
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It's not just "excess", it's excess without responsibility.
Jan 7, 2013, 2:26 PM
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You can do anything, any someone else is going to pay for it. So everybody and their brother goes to college, nobody gives a #### if they are actually learning marketable skills, especially not the kids because they get a 5 year party out of the deal.
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Excess + human nature = lack of responsibility.
Jan 7, 2013, 2:33 PM
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The only reason I made it through school was government money. Now, I work my ### off and am underpaid.
The worst students many times are the rich kids whose parents pay for their education and their cars and their meals. Being spoiled is a problem that all sections of society suffer from. Needing help to afford college doesn't make people less likely to work hard. Never having to work hard seems to be the culprit.
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All-TigerNet [10968]
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Rich kids suffer from lack of responsibility also. That
Jan 7, 2013, 3:20 PM
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doesn't justify government. Government doesn't fix the problem, it just nationalizes it. So now nobody has to worry about being responsible. That's just great.
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Re: Thanks to lottery scholarships, pell grants, and federally
Jan 7, 2013, 3:39 PM
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the biggest thing i see amongst the majority of college grads i know is that they have little to no common sense, they are book smart, and a lot of that doesn't translate very well to the "real world". the availability of financial aid will help bring in students that have both common sense and the knowledge to do the jobs/positions that are entry level for a young graduate. imo, 1 is no good without the other.
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Oculus Spirit [81998]
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Oculus Spirit [97897]
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We routinely refer claims to forensic accident
Jan 7, 2013, 2:01 PM
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reconstruction engineers, particularly if there is a chance of recovering through subrogation.
Interesting....chrome does not recognize the word subrogation. Compensability? Nope. Chrome is not insurance-friendly.
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Oculus Spirit [81998]
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Re: We routinely refer claims to forensic accident
Jan 7, 2013, 2:06 PM
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Problem solved 
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Orange Blooded [4787]
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and both posts were created less than 5 minutes apart! nice
Jan 7, 2013, 3:41 PM
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work,soccerkrzy.
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Oculus Spirit [81998]
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Efficiency, see, great employee!***
Jan 7, 2013, 4:03 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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Well, you did mention Dateline...***
Jan 7, 2013, 2:18 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83193]
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Re: Feel free to flame, but I am curious....
Jan 7, 2013, 1:22 PM
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In SC all a high school athlete has to do to be eligible is have a passing gpa. In other words if an athlete has a 1.0 he/she is eligible. That is a D average!!
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All-TigerNet [11478]
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That's not true. I work at an SC high school***
Jan 7, 2013, 1:30 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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apparently so***
Jan 7, 2013, 1:31 PM
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All-TigerNet [10968]
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lmao***
Jan 7, 2013, 1:31 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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;-)***
Jan 7, 2013, 7:51 PM
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Re: That's not true. I work at an SC high school***
Jan 7, 2013, 1:39 PM
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Really?? Go look at HS league handbook. All athletes have to have is a passing grade and a D is passing.
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not jus plyrs. all kids r doin it. smh***
Jan 7, 2013, 1:31 PM
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Re: Feel free to flame, but I am curious....
Jan 7, 2013, 1:46 PM
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No child left behind was in college first!
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Well for starters, what are you basing it on?
Jan 7, 2013, 1:53 PM
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Most reasonable people don't tweet or text like they're writing a report for english class. I'm not saying these guys are all scholars or whatever, but I wouldn't assume too much from a spur of the moment post on a social media site.
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Oculus Spirit [94262]
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The keyboards they use are impractical and the limit...
Jan 7, 2013, 1:54 PM
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on characters used drives them to horrible grammatical error.
It's not really an error if the writer does it purposefully.
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Re: Feel free to flame, but I am curious....
Jan 7, 2013, 2:02 PM
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yea I cant understand any of them Coots,
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Hall of Famer [21621]
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Society has decided that written communication isn't as
Jan 7, 2013, 2:23 PM
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important as it used to be. Now that we have smart phones, we longer have a need for smart people.
Man I can't wait till all the phones get shut off.
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110%er [7390]
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Oh wow; I thought you said 'Bi-curious.'***
Jan 7, 2013, 3:41 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83193]
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I don't think you can really read too much into what
Jan 7, 2013, 3:42 PM
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someone types on a blackberry or cell phone, etc, as far has what their grammar strengths are.
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Orange Blooded [3788]
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My texting/tweeting is much worse than my actual writing
Jan 7, 2013, 4:02 PM
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Most young people don't care about grammar/spelling as much when they're just trying to get a point across. Papers written for classes generally merit a little more time and attention.
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110%er [6612]
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IDK.............***
Jan 7, 2013, 4:03 PM
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