The need for skills support for students- a worrying development.

tr3mor

Compound wrote:

One skill that is lacking among new university students is critical thinking. Do not take anything as gospel, even if your supervisor says so. For example, if your tutor is a Marxist, there’s no reason why you can’t reject this view in your essays. Engage in debate – this is what universities are all about. Karnam’s post ‘there are no rules’ was an excellent response. Of course, I wouldn’t agree entirely by following the conclusion through. The important thing is that a lot of thought should have gone into your writing. This is what is often lacking. When reading, critically analyse the material rather than swallow it all memorizing dates. This is the difference between university and traditional school education.

Cheers. I'm sure that's worthwhile advice for my CS programming project.