I have been struck this week by the mistakes I have seen coming from certain schools. Mistakes that if a student made them would've resulted in some adult telling them that if they made those kinds of mistakes in the "real world" they'd be in major trouble. For example, Miami of Ohio just sent out a mailing naming the day of freshman move-in in a huge font. It was wrong. The University of Michigan housing department just posted pictures of what a specific dorm looks like. Only when apparently question by many people did they admit that furniture shown in the dorm room was not the actual kind of furniture in that dorm room. That mattered for the kind of planning that was the entire purpose of the picture. Never mind that Michigan told students that move in would be August 4 and fifth when as it turns out it's August 3 and fourth.
Of course there has been not one meaningful apology from either school about these mistakes. I guess this is what really teaches our students how the real world works
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