The author, a long-time professor, discusses the declining academic abilities of average college students, highlighting their functional illiteracy, cheating habits, and lack of interest in learning. The students struggle to read serious adult novels, write at an 8th-grade level, and show indifference towards their education. The author laments the societal problem of phone addiction, chronic absenteeism, and disconnection among students. Despite efforts to engage students, the author expresses sadness and frustration at the increasing difficulty of kindling a passion for learning in a generation more focused on job prospects than intellectual pursuits.
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