“Linguistics, Style and Writing in the 21st Century – with Steven Pinker” September 26, 2017 Uncategorized A brilliant video which changed my thinking about style. All academics should watch it. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related
This is fascinating, however there’s practical means to show that while the complaints are always there- we have evidence to demonstrate that in the case of today we truly ARE a dumber generation. (I recommend the book btw).
One other example was a professor who found an essay written by a student in the seventies. He marked it today, and went and hunted out the marks he gave back then, and the mark he gave today was fully 15% higher than the mark he gave then. He checked others and found similar findings. We’re marking easier because the students are poorer.