I am a student at a certain art school in the south, and I agree that many of the students here can't write a lick. I went to a private high school and am privileged to be able to write fairly well. And, I understand that some have disabilities (and the school does a really good job helping those), but I think the level of many classes is lowered to the point that those who are already competent are not learning anything. It also has something to do with this school never giving ANYONE an F as a final grade even if deserved , which keeps a few students around who are not yet ready for even art school writing level.
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I am a student at a certain art school in the south, and I agree that many of the students here can't write a lick. I went to a private high school and am privileged to be able to write fairly well. And, I understand that some have disabilities (and the school does a really good job helping those), but I think the level of many classes is lowered to the point that those who are already competent are not learning anything. It also has something to do with this school never giving ANYONE an F as a final grade even if deserved , which keeps a few students around who are not yet ready for even art school writing level.