(09-05-2012, 01:58 AM)bigfoot Wrote: If high schools were doing their job, we wouldn't be graduating students who are unable to do basic math and English. Graduating a bumper crop of functioning illiterates doesn't speak very highly of the regional accreditors, who continue to provide an "accredited seal of approval" to numerous high schools, that regularly fail in their mission to oversee the quality of education provided to students who matriculate. Obviously we have a serious disconnect when our community colleges are teeming with students who have no business their or even having a high school diploma...from a regionally accredited school, in light of the fact they cannot type, "except to send a text message"...and have woeful math and English skills...we won't even touch on their knowledge of state and federal government, or understanding of our nations history. Granted, many students do possess these skills and are able to function successfully at a post-secondary level. I'm only referring to the students who continue to seek higher education...when they were unable to grasp the rudiments of education from high school...heck JUNIOR HIGH!
People have become too lazy to actually read and remember details. They are lucky if they can recall enough to pass a multiple choice test no matter how easy it is. We get what we require of kids. We ask little and get little. A fool and a smart person can both get the same degree from the same school at exactly the same time. Sad isn't it?
As to RA... It means as much as the school wants it to, no more or less. I have RA diplomas and Nationally Accredited. Both can be easy or hard, just depends on what the school is trying to do and how they view their money needs.