Comment on One Standard Yglesias

• programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A test that is a joke with no setup and a dangling punchline. Of course, there is no way to argue for any of the options. For the company that makes the tests, there is only one correct answer.

  The actual joke is that a private company is in charge of making tests for students.

  And the correct answer is that the animals ate the pineapple because they wanted (as there is no justification for the fruit murder) and the wisest animal is the owl because they didn’t show up for this clusterfuck of a story.

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• Speculater@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The animals are the pineapple.

  What the fuck even is that test question?

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• DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is what we’re using to evaluate literacy in the modern day.

  Hmm. I suppose it’s possible there’s some concerted effort amongst college professors to present false information about student literacy.

  Professors at top US college forced to change coursework over students struggling to read

  College Professors Warn Of A Literacy Crisis As More Gen Z Students Struggle With Reading

  Ten years into my college teaching career, students stopped being able to read effectively.

  Professors say Gen Z students can’t read, forcing colleges to lower academic standards

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’ve found a bunch of clickbait headlines built on anecdotes.

    But absent a marginal performance dip in the wake of COVID, overall US rates have been relatively flat for the first quarter of the 21st century.

    What you’re witnessing is a media converge on a given topic, not a social crisis. Once the media hype dies down, you’ll forget about it.

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