College Students not Reading at Level
Ganim, Sara. "Some college athletes play like adults, read like fifth graders" CNN. CNN. 8 Jan, 2014. Web. 27 Jan, 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/index.html?hpt=hp_t1>
This post was about a large group of people in college not really being ready for the work of a college class. The students partaking in this were part of the sports teams and were allowed to be given tutoring and have to sometimes at most turn in one paper for classes at most. 60% of these students between the years of 2004 and 2012 were reading on an eighth to fourth grade reading level. About 8-10% were reading on a level third grade or below.
What is truly shocking about this post by Sara Ganim is that some of the classes were said to be fake classes. Classes just to make the students look as if they were doing well. They were even given fake Grade Point Averages, this is really sad. I think that this should end very soon because if they aren’t learning what they should now in college they won't have anything to show for what they had as child while they could still play sports, but now that they are old and cannot play they can only say that they can read as well as an eighth grader and write a paper half as good as one. I wouldn’t want that to be the only thing I could say I had to show for myself after I went to college for four years at the very least.
The impact the quotes and the percentages had on the article were that it showed how large of a problem the reading and writing was. It really catches the eye when you and symbols like the percent sign and the numbers.
I liked that you picked a topic that has to deal with us as students. However, I think you should pay attention to your spelling more and also I suggest you to have a more intriguing introduction. Also, why would you want something else to show that you went to college for four years?
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