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I've posted here about a University student who didn't know what an Editor was. I've written about the Honor Student who needed a step-by-step. letter-by-letter hand-holding to learn how to write a decent citation for her paper.
I've posted about a University student who didn't know how to read the flashy typography on a book jacket and about others who didn't know how to use an index in a book. I've even encountered a University student who couldn't recognize a Table of Contents when he saw one. Today was the worst.
At Lunch, I was chatting with another employee of the Museum. He was asking me about what life was like in the Library. On a Lark, I told him about the Professor who gave his students an insane assignment. One of the questions they had to answer was,
"Where does the Occident begin and end? Provide exact co-ordinates."
I expected a laugh but there was a thoughtful. pregnant pause and then, the guy said,
"I don't know what an Occident is."
I tried to be respectful and kind but there's only so much you can do with a hit with that! Hey, dude! The Occident is the Western World. We're talking here about Europe. We're talking about North and South America. Australia and New Zealand are also parts of the Occident.
His response?
"Oh, yeah, I guess I wasn't there when the teacher covered that in 'Global History'."
Please know, this is a personable and seemingly intelligent young man. He has an Associate Degree and a position in the Museum that means he must wear a tie to work. This young man is also getting married in the Fall.
May the deities of your choice help us all!
I've posted about a University student who didn't know how to read the flashy typography on a book jacket and about others who didn't know how to use an index in a book. I've even encountered a University student who couldn't recognize a Table of Contents when he saw one. Today was the worst.
At Lunch, I was chatting with another employee of the Museum. He was asking me about what life was like in the Library. On a Lark, I told him about the Professor who gave his students an insane assignment. One of the questions they had to answer was,
"Where does the Occident begin and end? Provide exact co-ordinates."
I expected a laugh but there was a thoughtful. pregnant pause and then, the guy said,
"I don't know what an Occident is."
I tried to be respectful and kind but there's only so much you can do with a hit with that! Hey, dude! The Occident is the Western World. We're talking here about Europe. We're talking about North and South America. Australia and New Zealand are also parts of the Occident. His response?
"Oh, yeah, I guess I wasn't there when the teacher covered that in 'Global History'."
Please know, this is a personable and seemingly intelligent young man. He has an Associate Degree and a position in the Museum that means he must wear a tie to work. This young man is also getting married in the Fall.
May the deities of your choice help us all!
our workbooks had an example for the most common we would need, which meant I had to constantly email my profs with oddball resources to see which way they wanted it cited. I literally spent hours making sure my footnotes were right for the specific professor.
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