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Gen Z Arriving at College Unable to Read (futurism.com)

submitted 1 day ago by transscribe9468@literature.cafe to c/books@lemmy.world

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[–] RockBottom@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is a US thing, elsewhere this generation capable of reading.

[–] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Yeah our education system is shitty by design. If you have to be an idiot to believe in our system of government then the solution is simple. More idiots.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

thats why they need cannon fodder for the military, but they end up gutting it so much they cant even get into military, and i heard the basic positions they had to lower it for some of the services.