It is bad in humanities, is is spectacularly bad in commerce. I firmly believe that a major part of the reason that they don't write well is that they don't read for fun. The students who get the best marks in all my classes are always the ones who read, but the majority of them get upset if I suggest they read the newspaper.
But it's not just reading, is seems that my current bunch of undergrads don't really watch movies either. I used to be able to relate ideas discussed in class to movies (gave up on books a long time ago) but not anymore, they haven't seen a tenth of the films I have. They watch TV instead. Their narratives are broken down into hour or half hour chunks with add breaks every ten minutes or so. They never have to concentrate for more than 15mins at a time. No wonder they can't write a bloody essay. Sigh.
The not reading thing
But it's not just reading, is seems that my current bunch of undergrads don't really watch movies either. I used to be able to relate ideas discussed in class to movies (gave up on books a long time ago) but not anymore, they haven't seen a tenth of the films I have. They watch TV instead. Their narratives are broken down into hour or half hour chunks with add breaks every ten minutes or so. They never have to concentrate for more than 15mins at a time. No wonder they can't write a bloody essay. Sigh.
Lara