I've run into this problem before. it is demoralizing when you find your groove writing a research paper and are trying to make it as best as you can then realize no one will ever see it other than yourself and the teacher when they go over it for 5 minutes to put a grade it. It takes all of your motivation away and leaves a low moral paper done.

I remember this time during school. It seemed like almost the entire class was just dedicated to trying to make us do well on these tests rather than teaching anything substantial that would help us out later in our educational careers. I remember thinking to myself what would we be learning if these tests didn't dictate the curriculum.

Ive had teachers who are just like this who say "you should know this by now" or only teach how to get the gist of a text so you can read it fast. It really is just lazy teaching. They assume that since we are able to read that we can comprehend the text in a way that we are familiar enough to write about it.

This becomes especially evident in things like elections or even the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows that some people will blindly follow others without checking if their statements are correct. They will believe any article online that says masks are bad and try to spread it with others without checking credible sources to see if the statements made in said article are true.

This is a good point because I feel like many people when they read something they just blindly accept it as the truth without delving deeper and questioning the validity or strength of the argument. I think that with a stronger basis of what should be done then people can become better readers and in turn become better informed when things such as fake news or propaganda pop up.

I always think about this. Sometimes a professor will ask us to read a certain article or text and ill read it all the way through but not be able to comprehend what i just read. Ill read every word but not understand it the ideas and concepts just go over my head. While i consider myself a good writer i would say I'm a below average reader because i feel like i cant comprehend complex texts that throw lots of ideas out in short times.

Things like this are ideas that you hear more from "old fashion" type of parents. Ones who don't really understand the internet and how valuable of a source of education it can be. They think that since they don't understand it that it can only be detrimental to their child. Parents from newer generations seem to be more lenient with internet usage since they grew up with it and understand how fun it can be as well as how it can foster creativity and learning.