In Lake Wobegon all the children are above average. Outside of Lake Wobegon, however, it isn’t so. Therein lies the problem. Of course Garrison Keillor is being funny. In the nature of things, all the children cannot be above average. A recent . . . Continue reading →
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Perhaps Academic Standards Have Fallen Since 1941-42?
Alan Jacobs posted this copy of W. H. Auden’s undergraduate lit survey at 95 Theses. at the University of Michigan from the academic year 1941–42. Was it extraordinary then? It would certainly be considered so now and perhaps even grounds for censure . . . Continue reading →