I have a certain number of students who are, literally, brilliant. They are smart, nuanced, clever, savvy, but often badly educated. They are people who have not done well in school yet too often just blame themselves. Or they blame their circumstances: too little time, too little sleep, too much work!
John Hersey''s brilliant college age novel "Too Far To Walk" sums up the rather stupid reasoning behind just doing badly as a "way to be" for many college students. I have other students who literally "piss" their credits away, by working not at all to learn what they need to learn. Laziness, lack of foresight, lack of understanding --- and a badly marred future is what awaits such students.
These students -- both types -- just take up space in our colleges.
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