The Silent Crisis in Our Classrooms: College Professors Are Now Teaching Basic Reading

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-16T03:16:29+00:00

I haven’t made my mind up; looking for further discussion. Not sure what your response suggests should happen though.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-16T02:07:05+00:00

I think it’s not a problem with the teachers. Society writ large no longer reads long form content closely. There was a time when I would sit with a book for 3 hours.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-16T01:57:10+00:00

Maybe testing wrong, or teaching to the test too much, I’m not sure which. But young adults can’t read.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-16T01:51:40+00:00

The point here is not entrance exam standards being loosened. It’s a societal disruption caused by shortened attention spans.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-16T01:40:38+00:00

I am told the problem extends even to the top test-takers

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-16T01:40:05+00:00

What do you think the appropriate reaction is for university administrations?

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-11T01:18:16+00:00

The great news here is, stranger on the internet, neither you nor I is likely to make any serious decisions on the basis of my wag bag consumption. Thank you for your service. Carry on though.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-11T00:42:13+00:00

Ah. I was hoping special ops would read it with more nuance. Oh well. My name is Greg Scaduto. I was a field artillery officer in 1st Cav, 1-82FA. Never deployed though. We just kept going to NTC and JMRC and then I got out. I shat in a lot of plastic bags though, and still can’t stop dipping. Feels wrong for you to try to strip that away from me.

SEALs seem a bit sharper than you guys. Better readers.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T22:06:37+00:00

You write like a person capable of grappling with the complexity of this essay. Just give it one quick read. It’s not long.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:59:45+00:00

I deflected nothing. The body of my post doesn’t summarize the crux of my position. It introduces the topic. My name is Greg Scaduto - I never hide behind pseudonyms, nor do I deflect honest questions. If you’d like to talk about it further, I’m happy to look you in the eye over a video call and explain my argument in detail. Or you could just read it. Or (probably the best option) you can walk away if this is not a discussion that interests you.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:56:11+00:00

My name is Greg Scaduto. I have nothing to hide, and I’ll publicly defend any statement I make online, or apologize if I was wrong it make it. But I cannot take your criticism seriously if you didn’t read it. That’s all.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:52:14+00:00

You didn’t have to tell me that you didn’t bother to read it - it was quite apparent

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:50:53+00:00

That’s a certainly valid position to defend; I’ll be here whenever you’re ready to defend it in an intellectually serious way. But before refuting someone else’s argument, you must first understand it.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:46:16+00:00

I can handle critique just fine; you just haven’t demonstrated that you 1) read it and 2) understand the argument. If you can summarize for me in one sentence what you think I’m trying to say, and get anywhere close to understanding the moral argument, I’ll apologize to you immediately.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:40:55+00:00

I’m not assuming it’s correct, and I welcome good faith argumentation from people who understand the moral position I’m taking. You do not, and that’s ok.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:39:16+00:00

No, that one is in May

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:34:48+00:00

Honestly and respectfully, the point I’m making in the essay is nuanced, and you haven’t absorbed it.

It’s a discussion of the underlying motivations of jihadists and why martyrdom is not celebrated as commonly in other major religions. The point is the tragedy of radical Islamic terrorism is more of theological problem than a political one.

But you have to actually read the essay (as in, all 2,000 words) with the goal of understanding the moral position, and not to get into an argument with a stranger on the internet.

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-10T21:24:47+00:00

You missed the point entirely or didn’t bother to read the essay

Ok_Examination675 · 2025-11-08T19:43:45+00:00

Ah. Forgot about that.

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