Post by account_disabled on Dec 30, 2023 5:16:02 GMT
his passage is taken from the article “ Is knowing how to write so important? ” by Claudio Giunta, which appeared on the website of «Il sole 24 ore» on 12 February. The writer promoted that student. I underline that we are talking about a degree in Literature , a degree which more than any other provides (or should provide) excellent, not good, knowledge of Italian. According to the author, the student, at 23 years old, can no longer learn to write . And then what? He "smooths out", as they once said, and perhaps still say. Since a large part of the schoolchildren is ignorant, instead of raising them we lower the cultural level of the rest. It's easier. It's faster. No flutter.
The student was promoted because it was now the fourth time he had repeated the exam, the last one before the thesis. When I attended Geology, I took the Geography exam 6 times, before getting a 21. And the same number of Chemistry exams, before being admitted with a 24. No one took pity on me for my previous failures. Didn't they Special Data remember them? The Geography professor said to me, smiling: "Empires, we did it." In other countries, those who fail the exam twice must repeat the entire year; in some, multiple failures lead to expulsion from the university. Not in Italy. Of course, we must always stand out. Maybe, if we took example from other states, there would be more cultured people in Italy, rather than herds of high school and college graduates who don't even know how to do a multiplication table.
From the article it can be deduced that this "wide sleeve" method - another old expression from my time as a student - is in a certain sense imparted from above, by those who should have the literacy of citizens at heart and not boast of the large number of graduates produced every year. What use are all these graduates to us if they write like illiterates? Knowing how to write is not that important Says the author. But yes, let's create a beautiful society of dummies, of licensed asses, of people who boast of a degree and don't even know where to put an apostrophe. The revolution is already underway: short high school and no more homework. And then enough with handwriting and away with smartphones and tablets. Multiplication tables are obsolete.
The student was promoted because it was now the fourth time he had repeated the exam, the last one before the thesis. When I attended Geology, I took the Geography exam 6 times, before getting a 21. And the same number of Chemistry exams, before being admitted with a 24. No one took pity on me for my previous failures. Didn't they Special Data remember them? The Geography professor said to me, smiling: "Empires, we did it." In other countries, those who fail the exam twice must repeat the entire year; in some, multiple failures lead to expulsion from the university. Not in Italy. Of course, we must always stand out. Maybe, if we took example from other states, there would be more cultured people in Italy, rather than herds of high school and college graduates who don't even know how to do a multiplication table.
From the article it can be deduced that this "wide sleeve" method - another old expression from my time as a student - is in a certain sense imparted from above, by those who should have the literacy of citizens at heart and not boast of the large number of graduates produced every year. What use are all these graduates to us if they write like illiterates? Knowing how to write is not that important Says the author. But yes, let's create a beautiful society of dummies, of licensed asses, of people who boast of a degree and don't even know where to put an apostrophe. The revolution is already underway: short high school and no more homework. And then enough with handwriting and away with smartphones and tablets. Multiplication tables are obsolete.