Nonfiction. Examples from work submitted by college level English students are interspersed with the author's observations on the lowering of academic standards over her twenty years as an adjunct professor. Stupid Schools, Stupid Students: Get Smart provides a sadly humorous look at the type of work that is considered acceptable. With a focus on the impact widespread standardized testing has on educational standards and policy, McIntosh views some educational strategies from the past and offers some thoughts about reinvigorating the educational process in American public schools.