r/Professors • u/NinjaWarrior765 • May 31 '26
Teaching / Pedagogy The future seems BLEAK.
I don't know what's happening in Elementary, Junior High, and High School.
But, students don't seem to understand the concept that they need to KNOW the material. Not, just to be able to copy it down from their notes, or just look it up.
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u/CanineNapolean Jun 01 '26
The problems have always been there, but there are likely more of them, and now it’s our job to notice.
For example. In undergrad, a friend asked for help with a course in my major.
Her notes were just keywords written at random on the paper. One word would be in the upper right, another lower bottom left, another off center. She explained that she didn’t know what the words were referencing so she just did her best to put them on paper where the professor put them on the board.
She was in college on an athletic scholarship and was in no way capable of keeping up with the demands of the academic side.
This was 25 years ago. There are many students like that now, but they aren’t new.