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Gen Zers are arriving at college unable to even read a sentence

Hacker News•Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 08:34 AM•2 min read

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Source: [Hacker News](https://fortune.com/article/gen-z-college-students-struggling-to-read-books-professors-forced-to-rethink-standards-warn-of-anxiety-lack-of-workplace-prepardness/)

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