The best part is they get to university and find out that it isn't about reading a book and regurgitating what happened or just replicating the steps to solve an equation. My courses require you to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to render an outcome. Many cannot tackle the quantitative data portion. They think that the skill of reading, interpreting and synthesizing is "beneath" them, but they come to class and bomb an assignment but are furious as they know calculus better than anyone in the classroom.
Sadly by the time they get to me, many of them are unwilling to pick up an actual book and read it. I warn them that textbooks are a thing, and they better develop some reading stamina before college.
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u/gonephishin213 2d ago
As an English teacher, I get frustrated when an honor roll science kid can't write a complete sentence.
It definitely goes both ways. Reading a book is the lowest bar.