My wife, who did not attend college, works at a large state univerity here in Tampa. She is an hourly paid staff member and she deals with Master and PHD degree seeking students daily. The stories she tells me of lame-brain students are never ending. They miss tests, they miss class, they lose books, and some can not carry on a conversation to even explain what the problem may be. And it doesn't help that a pretty good percentage of the professors are in the same boat.