Thursday, October 15, 2009

Stupidity reigns supreme


I saw this article when I logged on my computer this afternoon. 
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/FSU-releases-NCAA-transcripts-Some-Noles-readi?urn=ncaaf,196189

            I am so disgusted that Universities are handing out SCHOLARSHIPS to people who are reading at a 2nd grade level!  Seriously?!  And I'm horrified that there are people my age who don't have basic reading skills.  This isn't the middle of Africa.  There is absolutely no reason why people in a supposedly advanced society shouldn't be able to perform basic academic functions.  And the professor who just gave the football players "study guides" that had all the answers in them.  What has this country come to?!  Isn't college supposed to prepare you for careers and such?  In what career do they just let you slide through doing minimal amounts of work?   And why do these football players even bother going to college if they don't want to learn?  Scholarships should be given to students who excell academically and who are prepared to be challenged at school.  Ugh!