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Are American students lazy?

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Are American students lazy?

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In late December a teacher wrote a piece in the Boston Globe complaining about how lazy her American students are. Kara Miller, 31, who teaches rhetoric and history at Babson College in Boston, wrote, in part, “Teaching in college, especially one with a large international student population, has given me a stark – and unwelcome – illustration of how Americans’ work ethic often pales in comparison with their peers from overseas. “My “C,’’ “D,’’ and “F’’ students this semester are almost exclusively American, while my students from India, China, and Latin America have – despite language barriers – generally written solid papers, excelled on exams, and become valuable class participants.” Not surprisingly, hundreds of people wrote in, some of them hailing Miller as a great truth teller and others attacking her, some even calling her unpatriotic. The discussion spilled into other media. She wrote a follow-up piece, noting that while she believes international students “often work harder t

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