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The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books (www.theatlantic.com)

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I wish I had the time to read in college. Between assignments, classes, presentations, and working two jobs reading for me was the stuff of fiction.

[–] Treedrake@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago

The article points out that the problem exists in a literature class, where well, you're expected to be able to read a complete book in some week in order to analyze it. That's literally the course.

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