Comments by "Rune of Svalbard" (@vladimirofsvalbard9477) on "Fox News" channel.

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  4. I am 29, married, own a home, have a child, and have an Associate's Degree that I never used. The educational system is attempting to keep up with the volume of students that are falling behind. Parent are not being much help either because of the large disconnect between parent and child these days; probably from digital media and screen time. So naturally, the standards are being dropped across the board. Which is why it appears that anybody can get a college degree these days. I've seen teacher and after teacher pass students that are absolutely flunking in their courses. My sister (bless her heart) is 20 years old and was accepted to an Interior Design program her second year at a University. Believe it or not, her reading, writing, and vocabulary are at a 7th grade level. She went through rigorous student aid and tutoring until around 2013 when school districts began to overhaul their grade and homework systems. All of a sudden (with no effort) she went from receiving Cs to receiving As and Bs in all her classes throughout high school. Her research papers were full of grammatical errors, sentence structure problems, and simply not following instructions. It got to the point where she stopped correcting herself and quit taking any of it seriously. She still turned in 3 of those research papers in the ladder years of High School and received an A and 2 B's for that work; research papers that would have earned me a D- at best when I was in school. She failed 3 of the 8 criteria for entering her Interior Design program. Being absent two prerequisite courses AND a late submission past their applicant due date. They told my parents that their program was intensely competitive. Yet, she was accepted at the last minute regardless with no questions asked (on the first try). It got to the point where my own father, as well as my wife became concerned that my sister was being accepted into an atmosphere and program that would be doing her a disservice due to her SAT scores. On one half, I'm happy that she's made it this far. However, on the other, I am paranoid that these teachers passing her along are doing her a major disservice. She might get to the finish line and part of the way through and be completely broken by the reality that awaits her in the job market.
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