Gen Alpha Kids Can't Read and Teachers Are TERRIFIED...

Millennial parents need to do better.
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[@Swaggyswisscheez]

when the teachers say that "In all their 20 years of teaching they've never seen anything like this", they are telling the truth

[@blehblehblehdracula]

Bro these kids are WILD. Like the younger ones especially.

[@TeenWithACarrotIDK]

@@blehblehblehdracula it’s not their fault either. I want to keep hope, but unless we accept that our technology is becoming a hindrance and is damaging us, we are fucked.

[@blakasmurf]

IDIOCRACY Predicted this!!!!!!!!!! 😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂

[@itsmelb6558]

i've seen what it's like now during a psychology study for my school

[@joshstieneker4615]

​@blakasmurf A movie that never meant to be so true, but it is.... I teach high school special education, and I know I won't make it 30 years in this profession at this point. Things will likely get worse too. That's what scares me the most. I fear for the future of our country.

[@inyeekaribi4913]

There is something incredibly creepy about a child without a phone twiddling his thumbs pretending he’s holding a phone….

[@Drebolaskan]

First time I've seen this, it honestly made me sad for that kid and the world he's gonna grow up in

[@ainamedoliver]

The thing that really made me horrified was a video of a toddler who was ASLEEP, and the toddler was scrolling in their sleep... Guys, I don't think I'm gonna make it 😭

[@LexolotlTheLegend]

One day I'm probably just gonna be fidgeting around with my fingers and someone's gonna think that I'm pretending to hold a phone

[@eryuu4016]

Right? I thought that was just a thing in a cartoon I saw

[@JonwithnoH0823]

I type so much that when I was grounded from using my laptop as a teenager that my fingers would twitch after a few days I ended up picking up a paper and pen just to get back to writing just to get it out of my system I’m 30

[@slenderaftonOfficial]

The show, “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” Could be a real problem for most 7th graders ngl.

[@arielraya5979]

XD I was actually smarter than the 5th graders, we were in a combo class n I kept answering questions that the 5th graders were supposed to answer.

[@SarukiGenshin]

LMAO

[@hexagaming5111]

as a 15 year old boy i didnt even know the name of that song i still dont know because her voice was shaking and i dont wanna know.

[@EnbyBee]

No the 5th graders dumb asl ~Someone who recently graduated grade 7

[@Shikari-666a2]

Don't attack me like that 😪

[@willowiee_]

As a gen alpha kid, I'm working on my addiction to my tablet. I never realized how big this problem was until 6th grade, when I went to a pulic school. 5th-6th graders were dating, most of my schoolmates couldn't read, everyone was watching and making tiktoks IN and DURING school, and someone tried to get me to watch p0rn??? I'm in 7th grade now and to be honest, I can't blame the teachers for not letting my other classmates graduate into high school. Because of this problem, the best i can do is control myself and help out my younger relatives(sometimes, friends) who struggle with reading, writing, spelling, and many more, and I hope there are others who are atleast trying to help themselves and others. EDIT: if theres any typo its not because i cant spell, its because i type really fast and im too lazy to fix grammar problems in chats or comments whatever this is

[@Yusuketh443]

as an early gen α kid i agree lol except the schoolmate cant read part that one is teacher fault

[@cheesycheese8451]

The second edit is terrifying. Thank you for sharing, and good luck with your studies.

[@whitelilyswife]

i technically fall along the line of gen alpha, and luckily have never encountered people who cant read on their level, cant do math on their level, etc etc (unless they have learning disabilities, but thats very different) but this stuff scares the hell out of me especially your second edit, oh my god

[@Vivan-8492vk]

To be frank my old elementary classmates couldn't read neither in their native language and the second official language in my country They're 6th Graders SIX Not to mention they make the girls in that class uncomfortable including me,smart shame when they're 12 yr olds who CANNOT read . To add insult to injury when it's their time to clean the class they just make tiktoks they don't even bother to help in the slightest That's not the worst quality they have.

[@blox_buildz]

as a late gen z, I can relate, I’m basically in this exact situation rn

[@emilynam6084]

My mom was a high school teacher who recently retired early because the students she had were insane. They were literally throwing things at her and at each other and telling her stuff like “I can take you in a fight”. And they were mad at her for giving them zeros on assignments, when they never turned anything in to begin with. To the point that parents who know their children are failing are coming after her for giving them the zero they *literally earned.* While it is a teacher’s job to make sure that the student is well enough to move up to the next grade, they cannot help if parents are doing nothing at all to make sure that their kids can handle the next grade. My mom literally was starting to get kids who could not read the most simple words like “sale” or “realize”. Parents need to stop putting kids in front of screens and get them off social media, especially tiktok. It is quite literally ruining their lives! Read to your kids! Take them to the park or a museum! Put them in extra curricular activities! Get them interested in learning! Stop shoving technology into their faces!

[@Lita-bj5ir]

This all are very sad, did in school that kind of behaviour is acceptable? I now understand have blessed we are in Latvia, cause children in Latvia, they all are just children, in my country children counting and reading even before school all ready, before even nursery. In my country children read and count when they just 4 - 5 years old. From zero till 10 for example.

[@momu1672]

I’m from Turkey and there has been an increase in foreign teachers and professors in here, mostly American and English. This might be a reason why.

[@Lita-bj5ir]

In England all children they reading and writing, we in Europe don't have such problems, it is only American think. @@momu1672

[@space_pollution]

My aunt works in an elementary school in California, and the kids she works with, ages 10-12, are INSANE! They cannot perform at their grade levels, they do not pay attention, they get in fights constantly, the school admin refuse to actually discipline any of the students who misbehave, some of them bring knives to class, they constantly talk back to the teachers, they're always on their phones, they're watching videos on their phones with the volume up, and many of them don't even show up to class most of the time. She's struggling with teaching them math because they don't even know basic addition/subtraction and multiplication/division. Their spelling is awful, and their reading comprehension is unbelievable. There are of course a few kids in her class that are performing well and want to learn, but the rest of them make that impossible. She has immigrant children who do not speak a word of English, so she has to do charades to help them learn basic words and short sentences like "push in your chair." She's expected to teach these kids English when she doesn't speak a word of their native languages and she does not specialize in teaching ESL (there's a translator but they aren't there all the time so it's practically pointless to even have one), all while trying to manage a double class of 5th graders and 6th graders because the school doesn't have enough teachers so they do combo classes. My aunt retires in a few years, she has to keep working so she can get her social security which she will need because she gets a measly wage for the work she does.

[@emilynam6084]

@@space_pollution SO MUCH of what your aunt is experiencing happened to my mom and her fellow colleagues. If elementary school kids are like this now, I'm afraid for when they reach high school . The administration in schools are by far the worst people to ever be in education, they shouldn't even have the title for "educator". Even my mom's teacher friends who have only taught for 4-5 years are resigning. Also, let me just say that wages are so small for teachers, for the crap they put up with. My mom was lucky because she was making so much already before retiring. She stayed working as a teacher for so long because she genuinely enjoyed being a teacher and helping her students achieve. Even if she was paid more to stay, it's simply not worth it anymore. Being a teacher is such a thankless task and it stings me how so many stupid braindead people pass it off as babysitting. Or how students get a thrill for giving their teacher a hard time. I don't even know how kids in school today are going to make it later in life let alone college or a job.

[@beepboop97]

This is all the parents fault. Parent your children. Love them. Connect with them. Teach them.

[@juliaboskamp9666]

It more than just the parents the lock down was during the time of there life you learn to make friends and instead of learning in class it was on zoom and the school system doesn't help them either, we as in society have failed the children

[@lizf1353]

😂 ya it has nothing to do with the teachers and states 🙄 no need to look at real testing around the nation. No reason to question why a B rated school in SC has only 30% of kids preforming at grade level but in maine 75%+ in a B rated school are preforming at grade level. 😂

[@Wombatsgone]

I think the issue is that the parents love their kids too much to the point that they refuse that the child should experience hardship, so they keep getting passed up grades

[@vibinglemon6156]

@@lizf1353 Maybe it is partially the school system's fault, but gen z kids were operating under nearly the same schooling system and yet there's no crisis like this with our grades is there? So the problem isn't one-sided and it DEFINITELY isn't mainly on the school or teachers. This problem starts with the parents not wanting to act like damn parents.

[@SavageMinnow]

​@@vibinglemon6156there has been a "crisis" for every generation since our grandparents. It was "Johnny can't read" in the 80s and "no child left behind" in the 90s. The things that people are saying about these kids are the same things they said about us. The call is coming from inside the house babes

[@MsWhtup]

I honestly feel bad for the ballet teacher, you can clearly see she was on the verge of tears and her passion for teaching ballet was obviously thrown out the window.

[@NaalaFaseeh]

Real.. I feel so bad for her she looked like she was about to cry. And I know that the kids don’t even care which makes it even worse.

[@urfavm0112]

yeah and shes giving her best effort but these kids won tlisten

[@nisansalajayaweera9762]

Ballet is very hard and you need to put a lot of effort into it , even to become a teacher ... And all of her efforts are wasted

[@Duty2rebel1976]

No child left behind has quite literally left every child behind. Throw in a pandemic and apathetic parents and you have a recipe for disaster.

[@andrelockridge9109]

Oh you forgot millennial & Gen Z "teachers" who feels its more important to indoctrinate their students then to educate them. Throw in grade inflation & mismanagement of teaching funds into the mix.

[@andy2641]

I don’t think it’s any specific thing that caused it, it’s a culture shift

[@Im2lazy4thisCrit]

@@andy2641I definitely think access to the internet/social media has something to do with it

[@TheElectricTawker]

Ok so this kid in my class (we’re in 7th grade by the way) can’t even do basic SUBTRACTION AND. ADDITION. At least some of the other kids in my class are like a little below grade level (which is not the best but better than 1st grade levels struggling). These kids are saying words i know they don’t know what those words mean no one does really. Just stupid words. Now were classified as all ruined so some of us who actually work hard are BULLIED at school for wanting to do well. GROW UP AND CONTROL AND WORK WITH YOUR CHILDREN INSTEAD OF LAYING ON YOUR FAT ASSES ALL DAY.

[@LovingGodLovingOthers]

@@Im2lazy4thisCrityea from what I’ve seen my own millennial family members (4 different women) they are all lazy because of the phones. They scroll on their phone and watch movies/series and don’t play with their toddlers. They give their toddlers an iPad or the TV or even their own phone to play on. Also one gives her toddlers unsupervised KZbin on the ipad (not KZbin kids) and all of these toddlers I’m mentioning are 1-3 years old. I was hanging out with one of the toddlers and she was scrolling KZbin shorts on her iPad, with the most disturbing looking videos I’ve ever seen. She imitates the videos (she’s 3) and it’s super sad😭 I was born in 1999 so I’m slightly not a millennial but I know for sure what NOT to do with my future kids

[@Soldrakenn]

Leaving children alone on the internet/ social media is like dumping them downtown alone at night. THEY SHOULD NOT BE THERE UNSUPERVISED!!!

[@tired_manatee]

PREACH There are so parallels between the two. There are rude people, people who are absolute creeps, people who spreads lies and false information, the list GOES ON! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t leave your kids in either place unsupervised. Parental controls on a device are the same as a personal guard for your child downtown. Supervising your child while they’re on a device is like instead of sending them downtown alone, you’re there with them to protect them, and I don’t think many people understand that.

[@MyLifeAsAdrian_]

as someone who was left alone on the internet unsupervised i do whole heartly agree, not to be dramatic but im pretty sure it ruined my future, parents should really pay attention to their children while on the internet because it is such a dangerous place....

[@P1nkG7ts]

I was raised on the internet (I could read and write though), I have never been the same. PLEASE supervise your kids on their devices, you never know what rabbit holes they might go down.

[@MyLifeAsAdrian_]

@@P1nkG7ts Fr like I think Im pretty lucky bc I can function at my grade lvl and maybe even a bit higher but still I have never been the same and never will be…

[@alaricvis09]

I remember the limited amount of things you could see with dial up. Today, almost every 9 year old has seen a gangbang in 4k.

[@svyatoyaleksnevskiy]

Once they've grown, people will blame them for not knowing how to read and write, for not knowing how to behave socially. At what point will we finally start holding parents and society accountable?

[@Doomzdeh]

The issue is that the schools have cowered and let the parents completely take over. Saw it coming when corporal punishment left the schools. Parents basically said that they didn’t want the schools disciplining their kids and that they’d do it themselves. The issue with that is that many parents don’t care enough to do it or don’t know how to do it to make any lessons stick. And it has left the schools in a spot where they get screamed at for disciplining the kids, thus causing school administrations to leave the teachers to get abused in their classrooms.

[@paradoxzee6834]

Considering people blame Gen Z and Millennials that they cannot find a job or a good apartment. Sorry we are just living in a world others set up for us

[@Military.FutureUrbanCamo]

​@@paradoxzee6834yes thanks I am a high school graduate I'm a virgin lonely feeling,never worked yet and kinda broke

[@lettuceman9439]

its both sides really, School specially public School are less incentivized and more politicized with both the Department and the Parents constantly at each others throat, With the Exception of Specialized Schools (Crams and Apprenticeships) and Religious School (Mainly Catholic) degrading quality of Education in the US has been a long time coming with the original workforce i.e Old Teachers having been phased out and High Quality Foreign Teachers (Those specifically from the Philippines, Korea and Japan) has been bought out by Private Schools or by Rich Schools who can afford it, Curriculum has been bloated with very "leisure" subjects and Disciplinary method has been both ineffective and Abusive. All of these Factors directly hinged on the Cooperation and Trust within the Educational Department and the Parents which due to said Factors and those outside of it had worsen Teacher-Parent Relationship that Homeschooling had returned with a Vengeance while Religious Schools have a flood of students from rather Secular parents and Specialized Schools became so profitable that they now have become private Schools themselves. A Certain Trust and Expectation is given to both, One is due to Money Incentives while the other being Religious is particularly Homogenous and Expected to be rather Strict (Nuns are Scary tbh)@@Doomzdeh

[@NuclearSmoores]

@@Doomzdehparents have no say in The Cookie Cutter machine.

[@cora.528]

wait until they start language learning classes, if they can’t do english how can they learn an entirely new language

[@Tamago443]

I like to take that to my advantage with the fact I'm bilingual and know spanish

[@justinkianaalfredo6843]

They rizz their gyatt off Also stupidity aside As a straight C student Even i am sure that these kids might be dumber than me (im a 10th gradr)

[@EnbyBee]

I just graduated 7th grade and I took Spanish back then and the average grade was a D+. (I had a 97% tho cause I already spoke Spanish)

[@Tamago443]

@@EnbyBee how'd you get 3% off? Was it Spain spanish?

[@ashlynx1017]

I was a substitute teacher and had a kid ask me how to spell “sick”. A middle schooler.

[@Mm2.ranya2]

Omg

[@elixheartz]

not gonna lie, that kid mightve been fucking with you because youre a sub

[@cheskalumanog8859]

Bruh 💀😭

[@thomasramirez5132]

@@cheskalumanog8859I’m starting to suspect you’re one of them cause of the word “bruh” is used more often than before

[@Ilikewofandwarriorcats]

“Raise children alongside technology, never with it” - A wise man

[@memealade2421]

Who said that quote, just asking! ❤🙏

[@Ilikewofandwarriorcats]

@@memealade2421 It was someone from another of her videos but I forgot the username 😔

[@memealade2421]

@@Ilikewofandwarriorcatsit’s ok!

[@RYCH3]

*wise woman

[@iCamera15]

I could not have said it better myself. I grew up on lots of technology (I mean I played Portal 2 on the Xbox 360), but it had never taken over me. I got my first phone when I was young (8 maybe?) but that was before all of this went down and I mostly played games on it anyway. Anyway, back to my original point. If you become a parent and you allow your child to have a phone, you *need* to supervise the use of it. My parents are pretty lenient with me, but again, I’m a goody-two-shoes and I tend to play games more than I watch videos. So, even if it’s just laying down a few ground rules, trust me, it will help.

[@nikkicooper5256]

My 11 year old son can't read yet, but he's autistic and is actually putting forth the effort to learn. And he's not disrespectful as hell. I'm so sorry to this poor ballet teacher. No one deserves to be treated like that by a child or a grown ass adult

[@mittag983]

Your son is special needs but now even kids who aren't special needs can't read at 13 year old

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

100th like

[@Naruto121289]

i'm happy he actually wants to read! I hope he's doing alr

[@fisheyefish]

i'm an autistic teen, and i understand that struggle. hope he's doing alright!

[@Thefallenangel1923]

Bless his heart

[@user-co8uy5rb2s]

Popping out kids they cannot or will not raise.

[@F0UND_R0TT1NG._]

God, I’m gen alpha and I say “gyatt” “ohio” “rizzler” as jokes. I CAN TURN IT OFF AT APPROPRIATE MOMENTS. I don’t talk about it daily, I don’t say it in every sentence. I CAN SPELL WORDS. God, my generation is fucked up.

[@Remi_da_rat]

Same I am in the 5th grade gifted and I am excelling! But you are right.

[@Wolfdog992]

@@Remi_da_ratWhat the frick I’m the same I’m in 5th grade, my English is above expected (ALWAYS) and I have to keep correcting my friends with spelling (English isn’t their first language, Indian is)

[@Remi_da_rat]

@@Wolfdog992 ohh noice

[@ashisthecoolest]

@@Remi_da_rat the only subject ill be passing is probabaly science and english

[@QuackitysStuff]

same

[@catherinecampbell1215]

It’s not the iPads. It’s them watching mindless programming on the iPads. I was at my aunt’s house for Christmas and her friend’s six year old was using her iPad to play a Hello Kitty cooking game. She was showing me how she was cutting up fruits and veggies and frosting desserts. She also had an excellent vocabulary.

[@starryskies0]

I also played a hello kitty cooking game when I was younger

[@anastasia.noelle]

awww i love this

[@smallxplosion9546]

I have a couple friends who had iPads when they were younger but because their parents actually parented them correctly they turned out just fine (I didn’t get my first device until 11 or my first phone until halfway through 14)

[@topgunaudio7983]

Sad thing is they are not even computer literate, just button pushers. I grew up with programming and early electronic devices in my health care work, had to know how to do it mostly manually and read the information for diagnosis, current machines are automatic and mostly give the diagnosis. So maybe in the future we just need people who can push buttons as AI will do the thinking - so change the education system to accommodate zombies!

[@hellohaveagoodday]

Exactly, people rarely understand that its the content. They don't want to do anything without the iPad? It's sad but ipad learning games. Even semi educational ones. I remember playing cooking mama nonstop for hours but I always read above my level.

[@fivepainbbles]

My sister is gen alpha and I JUST WANT TO GIVE A FORMAL THANK-YOU TO MY PARENTS. She is brilliant and reads at like an 8th grade level (she’s a 6th grader) and she’s more mature than most adults tbh. It’s crazy what happens when parents actually care for their kids and don’t throw iPads at them because they want to keep their kids distracted.

[@mightbekuasontt]

I'm proud of your sister!

[@rebeccacollins6625]

Love to hear this!

[@j.j2998]

That's good to hear

[@Est....]

Same here, very proud of her

[@MisooSooup]

thank god, i’m proud of her

[@phoenixdaronco9540]

I'm a Gen Z and the eldest child in my family, and I'm experiencing something similar to these teachers. My youngest sibling, Audrey, is an iPad Kid. I've once spent 2 weeks trying to introduce her to shows like 'Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood,' 'Sesame Street,' 'Elmo's World,' 'Lambchop,' 'Barney' and even 'Winnie the Pooh.' Halfway through any episode I showed her, she said, "I'm bored," and asked to watch 'Aphmau,' 'Roblox' brainrot, 'Lankybox' or 'Jeffy' instead. I'm especially sad about Mr. Rogers being rejected because he mastered child psychology. Because she's learning nothing, Audrey can't read or spell, only remembering the Alphabet, how to spell "Roblox" and how to spell her own name. She even FORGETS some letters. She is FIVE, in pre-K, going on kindergarten. I'm trying to be the best big brother I can be, but as we speak, Audrey has gone further down the rabbit hole of brainrot. In addition to what she's already been watching, she discovered Zhong (the Ben Azelart clone), Sagawa1gou (oh dear Lord), Gegagedidegago (wtf?) and blind bag videos with CONSTANT finger tapping and slapping. It has gotten to a point where she dismisses genuine children's content as "boring" (she HATES the idea of boredom), and she will become angry when someone disagrees with the content she watches. She regularly falls for the "like and subscribe" pleas, talks much louder than ever before, makes weird noises based on the brainrot content and once in while, she will pressure me to watch a brainrot video from start to finish. Not to mention, most of the art she makes are based on the brainrot content, rather than creativity that stems from educational programs.

[@MyThera-zo2og]

Take her iPad away

[@LordOfBrainrot]

gg

[@Iwanttobelittleoldmeagain]

I completely relate to this. When I was reading this comment and saw “ Aphmau “ I literally looked over at my sister and saw her on her iPad watching her.

[@romeorocket341]

well i mean at 5 i can see why you cant read or write

[@phoenixdaronco9540]

​@@romeorocket341, Perhaps I was thinking a little too much in that regard, thank you for pointing that out. I'm just worried that with how addicted Audrey is to this content, it's going to make it more difficult for her to learn how to write and spell. She's in a part of her life where the brain is developing at an all-time high, and this time is being used primarily for digesting brainrot.

[@backwardsangels]

The fact my teacher was genuinely shocked when she saw me reading books meant for adults in 8th grade when most of my classmates were and still are reading at a 4th grade level and surprised I was able to write legibly and neatly is- depressing. I'm glad my parents actually made me read and learn and didn't buy me a phone until I was 13.

[@MMNarwal]

I’m 13 I want a phone so bad 🥲 (sorry if this is off topic, and idk if ppl are exaggerating but if not I’m super confused)

[@backwardsangels]

@@MMNarwal It's fine lol. My dad and me picked it up on my 13th and he fully paid it off when I turned 15 but it runs smooth and has no cracks or scratches so I don't intend to change it. Most of my classmates are on their 2nd or 3rd phone so it's neat that I'm on my first lol

[@meowersthethirdman]

Middle school about to require an entrance exam 💀💀💀

[@Dan6-789zw]

💀

[@jamesbyerly766]

"No child left behind" says this comment is false

[@mihai_balan_in_puscarie]

Thats how we do it in my country. If you want to go to highschool you have to take a life or death entrance exam

[@JChrist0AD]

@@mihai_balan_in_puscarielife or death?

[@pipitayun.r2763]

@@JChrist0AD bro talking about highschool entrance exam as if it's a chuunin exam 💀

[@sabrewinchester]

Remember those street interviews of full grown adults that couldn't do basic math or point out their own state on a map? Well, those people had kids and this is the result 😬

[@laizulaie]

slayy that’s so real

[@hajxty]

Most of those videos are cut out to make people stupid lmao

[@sabrewinchester]

@@hajxty these kids are proof tho

[@hajxty]

@@sabrewinchester Yes you're right! It's a MASSIVE crisis in the UK too!

[@ngarcia103]

Or point out a country on a basic world map, if you saw that Jimmy Kimmel segment.

[@Rabitxxskinxxxx]

I’m Gen z a few cousins of mine are gen alpha im so grateful im not Gen A I have a phone and computer but im not watching “sKibiDi tOilEt” all day and getting brainwashed I had Elsagate growing up which is not better but please parents don’t let your kids be brainwashed by this stuff #SAVEGENALPHA

[@Becky12bush]

#SAVEGENALPHA

[@hu3rcgtx]

I taught 7th grade in inner city schools in NYC in the early 1970’s. Average reading score across all kids was 4th grade. The conditions that drove this had a much to do with poverty and the effect that defacto-segregation had on the quality of these schools and the lack of qualified resources. However, classes were homogeneously grouped so many students made it through the system either literate enough to survive, and others to excel, and some just literate enough to catchup in high school or even community college. The laggards were reachable through conventional means; but there was no communication option beyond reading and discourse. It is frightening what i have heard today.

[@RyanDalzell-lm3jo]

I’m a Gen Z kid from 2004. I was jealous of my friends because they had phones and social media in 6th grade and played Call of Duty and other such games at that time. I was frustrated with my parents, more so my Mom because she was more technologically inclined compared to my Dad. Now that I’m older I realized that I was raised right as I now look back on the cesspool that social media is now and was back then. I can’t even imagine the thought processes of these parents giving their children iPads and iPhones the instant they come out of the womb. Gen Alpha is screwed.

[@mikailawayne7297]

Hey, fellow Gen Z from 2003. I was always jealous too because I didn’t get a phone until I could drive. But now, I’m very grateful. I had a senior level reading comprehension in sixth grade because all I did was read. I’m so grateful I wasn’t given access to phones at a young age

[@alphahead2741]

Same here as well. I'm also a Gen Z from 2006. As much as I remember I don't get in touch with phones too much on my childhood. Well I do, except, there the ones with buttones on and I used to play games in there. However, my parents do limit my usage on technology like how my dad told me to use the PC for only 1 hour. Sometimes I overpass that limit, but It didnt affect me much as those Gen Alphas. All in all, due to my limit on technology I became a person who loves other activites than to overuse our phones for random stuff. I still do tho, but I'm not stupid to think.

[@justarandomsquid3568]

I am at this sort of age level and I am in an advanced class and I can confirm that a large percentange of my class has Family Link etc. That is the secret to successful parenting

[@alphahead2741]

@@justarandomsquid3568 I Agree with you. Parenting is the key to have a healthy childhood and care. Those parents who give them tablets and phones to their kids are nothing but neglect and laziness with parenting. Maybe they should not give birth to a child in the first place if your to tired and lazy to start a family.

[@winniethepooht5776]

Hey, fellow 2004 baby here! I also was jealous of my cousins with their shiny iPods and phones. I used to be upset my parents got rid of our cable tv. I used to resent the fact that my parents didn't let me have a phone until I was 14. (I only had a tablet, and around 12, my cousin's used iPod touch up until that point.) I used to get so upset everytime my dad looked through my devices and at my messages, I thought he was invading my privacy! Now I understand why. I'll never forget my dad telling me, "We didn't get rid of cable just because it was expensive. We got rid of it because every day, you'd sit in front of TV just watching the screen. You didn't do anything else. But when we got rid of cable, you started reading more, you started writing books, you started painting. Your creativity was stunted by watching the TV constantly. We got rid of it for you." Now that I'm older and I see these kids with ZERO conversation and comprehension skills, I thank my parents. I thank them that they made sure to teach me how to read and comprehend, how to converse, and how to be creative. My heart goes out to all these kids who's parents were lazy and let screens raise them.

[@The_Ultimate_Supreme_Leader]

''gyatt'' might be the most cringiest things i've ever heard

[@donutsforlife77]

gyatt

[@The_Ultimate_Supreme_Leader]

@@donutsforlife77 its 2024 why are you saying that

[@QuasarTheVoyager]

@@The_Ultimate_Supreme_Leader No one cares #stophatingfornoreason

[@The_Ultimate_Supreme_Leader]

@@QuasarTheVoyager we hate for a reason

[@hellothere10yearsago97]

It was literally just supposed to be another way to say “goddamn” and now people twisted it into something that doesn’t even make sense

[@Monkey832]

As an 18 year old, I remember the days when we didn't bring our phones to school. Like that whole concept was foreign until 7th grade

[@ConservativeGrouch]

Hell, when I went to school, the only phones we had were rotary landlines.

[@Star_editsx..]

I was in fourth grade reading books with 300 pages WHAT ARE THESE 7TH GRADERS DOING ….😭

[@cheskalumanog8859]

Same bro 😭

[@user-jn3si9xi2i]

This shit is honestly insane. Not an exaggeration at all. I am Gen Z (18) and live in the UK. My education is heavily affected by my ADHD, and I struggle to focus and maintain tasks for long periods of time. For this reason, my amazing English Teacher allowed me to sit in her classroom during my free periods so that I could focus better and take more accountability. I recently was in her class when she was teaching some year 9's (8th Grade). In my school phones are banned, and it was during this lesson that I saw why. They all use chrome books to do their work, typing it all up into a google doc. Most of them were playing online games while my teacher was speaking, watching KZbin, and being loud and pretty much uncontrollable. I couldn't believe the disrespect they were showing to her either. For the first time in my life I saw my kind, patient, understanding teacher grind her teeth in genuine frustration. It's depressing to say the least, especially since by the time the lesson was done, the kids had written less words in their google docs than I have in this comment. To all the teachers out there; I wish you the best of luck.

[@kamalcell2587]

Same story

[@MEGUMIISMYHUBBY]

off topic, but I thought ur profile was CHIHIRO FUJISAKI!!!! (Danganronpa reference ;) )

[@kanaotsuyuriofficialchan]

For real.

[@Reneebell614]

Same but I’m 15 in high school. I really try to my friends they just don’t pay attention

[@Senacacrane]

I know when I was on school I mean yes. I also have ADHD and that's understandable that you know I have some issues with like say you know math and English and that's understandable. But kids these days I think that's just shocking. Your average Joe schmo Middle School cannot reform math at their grade level and they can't read at their grade level. What is happening? I do not think we should lower the bar anymore. We need to have high expectations. When I was in school, and this is a Generation Z person talking. We had very high expectations, not too high, but enough to know where the bar was set.

[@fatemajahra1371]

I’m a Bangladeshi who moved to America, I was genuinely shocked to see how easy American education is. I was confused whether Bengali studies are just hard or if American studies are extremely easy.

[@Zectifin]

I moved from a state that was pretty good for education to one that isn't great for education and it was like going back 2 grade levels. Everything was so easy and they put me in honors classes immediately. The state of education here is shit and every state doing what they want is even worse.

[@greyskymy]

If anything, I will never continue my studies in America. The educational system truly terrifies me.

[@annistar9693]

Yeah surprise they want to keep the population dumb

[@lealmelisa]

It's crazy how low the level in America is.

[@MariaRodriguez-dx6sm]

If you come from a place with decent education, America is ridiculously easy. It makes me wonder how the hell this country can still be productive with half of the adults being functionally illiterate

[@Insertthestranger]

I’m dyslexic, but even I can spell important

[@some1-1038]

I don't want to offend, but the fact that a dyslexic person can spell "important" shows how brainrotted gen alpha is

[@Mm2.ranya2]

I dont have dyslexic but i have austim and people often called me dumb, and i can still spell important

[@456tyso]

i can also spell important when im fast typing AND writing 💀

[@some1-1038]

As a non-native, I can still spell important

[@pomocme]

As a 7th grader, I can clearly see that most of my classmates are NOT on the correct grade level mentally. Like I am honestly worried for our future in medical fields and any jobs/services in general. Most of my class cannot even form basic sentences. And no I am not trying to say that I'm way smarter than them, but at least I am able to write a basic essay and im actually comprehending what I am being taught in school.

[@Test_Tube_II]

IN 7TH FUCKING GRADE!? oh my fucking god.. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ AND KNOW LITERAL BASIC WORDS AT THE TIME YOUR 5. 5!!! NOT 12!!

[@NaalaFaseeh]

Same it’s honestly sad. When I was in my home country people and their parents took grades so seriously but when I came to Australia, I realised that people are so below the average! I was shocked when someone said my 53% digitech grade was GOOD. That was the bare minimum! If that’s good, then what are they getting?!

[@jaz4742]

34 here. You guys seriously need to start convincing each other that the tech companies are your enemies. Their own employees dont allow their own kids on them this long. Corpos are literally trying to rewire human brains into being ignorant and submissive.

[@andacceptthemystery]

Honestly it's already here. I've already noticed that 16-18 year olds getting jobs are half-assing things WAY more than normal. It's dangerous because half of them are in food service. I know we're all terribly underpaid and shouldn't overextend ourselves for jobs, but this is more like indolent apathy.

[@Xilibrius]

As someone who worked for his local school district one of the biggest problems is the fact that kids now are becoming more and more violent towards other students and staff and there is a fair amount of parents that do nothing and don't care about how disruptive and dangerous their children can be. The stress dealing with children/teenagers who will try to physically fight you at the drop of a hat is insane.

[@Random-mc7yt]

We got tired of being walked on and abused for being a certain age in the past, and as we become more confident get past dumb phobes and bating things for no reason, we want more respect, the only way 2 get buy without being a toy 2 an adult is 2 fight back, the only way 2 avoid nonsense is 2 be a ticking time bomb.

[@Voliti0N]

I’m pretty sure most schools have a Zero Tolerance policy when it comes to those sort of situations. If they do not then they need to implement one… talking about tik-tockin time bombs. Cause this is the path to further us as a species and overall on our day to day societal level? Neither kids nor adults have all the answers, but violence and abuse are not the way. Nor will they ever be

[@NathanForrest-yc5kv]

It’s mostly blacks who fight teachers.

[@kierstenhale763]

I worked for a behavioral health service that got the kids that couldn’t be in school because of how violent they were. It’s absolutely ridiculous.

[@whooville]

​@@Random-mc7ytYour comment is just a great example of why kids don't deserve internet privileges. You can't even spell, child. Go back to school and leave the device alone. You think you're a "toy" to the adult? You aren't a toy. Toys are fun. You are a person who needs to BE EDUCATED, and clearly what mommy and daddy are doing at home ISN'T working out for you. Humble yourself, sit the hell down in class, and quit thinking you're a victim. Otherwise, you might end up working fast food forever, and nobody wants that- and that's assuming you can keep your attitude in check at a job so you don't get fired. Hate to be that guy, but grow up.

[@iknowwhereyoulivesotreadlight]

As a 15 year old student, I have to say its shocking how bad some of these kids are at writing and reading. the amount of illiteracy in my grade is genuinely scary

[@pepperwaffles4228]

Fellow 15 year old here!! I agree, I was able to write with proper grammar and correct spelling by the time I was 9, and English isn’t even my first language. Hopefully something is done soon about this whole situation before it gets even more out of hand

[@andrewiglinski148]

@@pepperwaffles4228Dude , I’m literally twice your age. I graduated high school in 5 years with a 1.2 GPA, but I have a masters degree in astrophysics now. I can’t tell you enough that getting lost in these distractions will doom you to a life no one wants to live. For me it wasn’t tech but other distractions, but tech is literally designed to encourage the most destructive behaviors imaginable. If you ever find yourself using your phone or tablet for more social media than lectures, reading or actual knowledge just get rid of it.

[@dillpickel6767]

Same man. I’m 15 too. I completely understand you, just be happy though we are not actual gen alpha kids

[@WONDERBOIY]

Oh my gosh seriously. Same age, half the kids in my English class don't know the names of the characters in a book we just finished reading. We took a month to get through the book(Chapter by chapter, with assignments for nearly every chapter, it was a reasonable amount of time), and these kids are like "Wait, who's this character? When did they come in?" when the character had been there since the first or second chapter. True, I've been above average in reading my whole life, but strangely, once I got to 7th grade, my reading level dropped. Before, I could read anything flawlessly, I never mistook words, but for some reason, I can't read as well now. I skip lines, I read things wrong, I stammer(I wanna say, I'm not being sarcastic or anything, I genuinely have no idea why my reading level decreased). My whole life, there have been certain things I have trouble with in reading. Ie and ei have always been a struggle for me, I only recently taught myself a good tactic for remembering how to spell "their", so I hope it's only a short time before I get the rest of ie and ei. I played video games as a kid, but only for short amounts of time a day. I got a phone only last year, and I play much more video games now.

[@CarbonatedCondensation]

Same here. I mean, I’ve always been kinda bad at spelling (but not to an extreme degree, just a few words here and there, especially now that I’m in high school) but it was never to this agree. This is insane

[@brencearanton-fk7px]

It got worse when schools started giving kids iPads. Im an unfortunate victim of this trend. I use my school iPad for entertainment more than schoolwork and I hate it. [EDIT]: OKAY I GET IT IM NOT A VICTIM

[@Jaadu391]

Millennials seriously fucked up as parents, i think they either gave up or they just don't care. My neighbours 4 year old kid has a iPad and he uses it for hours, he does absolutely zero physical activity, Doesn't even watch cartoons he watches cocomelon and skidpi toilet, keep crying when somebody takes his iPad. I can't imagine how worse would gen Beta would be as most of their parents would be Gen Z

[@alecmullaney7957]

So you know that you're the problem and refuse to fix it. Cool.

[@catraxadoraxx]

@@alecmullaney7957actually tho.

[@catraxadoraxx]

then don’t use it for mostly entertainment? no one is forcing you

[@ringdingdisaster]

you're no victim, put the damn thing down any way you can

[@user-ih8wk8sw1n]

If my parents hear that I was disrespectful, nasty, hurting other or to a teacher or an authority figure. I would be a dead person fully. And they would be disappointed if I was beneath my grade area.

[@btm380]

A lot of people in Silicone Valley limit their kids to 1hr a day with tablets/ electronic devices. They know.

[@yourdreams2440]

They created it, so they know how harmful it truly is. Yet, they have no problems promoting it to the general public and put in no effort to encourage moderation. Borderline evil.

[@efugee]

Sili-CON. The element. Sili-CONE Valley would be the place between Kim Kardashian's Ass Cheeks.

[@poptatochisps342]

Yeah, that's what my family did. I was a bit upset when the first introduced it, but I'm grateful now. I got my first phone at 15, and it was one of "those" phones without social media or games. Parents need to monitor their kids.

[@pworcelaindoll]

@@yourdreams2440 it's not their problem to babysit kids that aren't theirs. it's the parents fault. blame the parents.

[@yourdreams2440]

@@pworcelaindoll Tobacco companies are required to put warning labels on their products, they are not allowed to advertise, and there's numerous anti-tobacco ad campaigns discouraging people from using it. These devices are clearly extremely addictive, especially to young children. There should be ad campaigns and warnings telling parents to limit their children's device usage. Most parents do not realize how addictive these devices are and they aren't responsible for doing the research to find out. Sure, good parents will, but it's not the responsibility of the average citizen to discover scientific information. That responsibility is on the companies and government to properly communicate it.

[@elephantnarwal]

As a Gen-Z teen watching this, I'm BAFFLED to see that 7th graders can't spell simple words like "though". How can they not know who a main character is in a 4 PARAGRAPH STORY. This is WILD and parents need to do better to raise these children. I hope that when Gen Z become parents they can raise their children correctly and be stricter with them regarding screen time

[@ellaaitken3966]

I’m also a Gen-Z teen and I want to say that I also am not the best speller but that’s just because it’s something that I’m a slow learner about. But that doesn’t mean I’m not taking info in, it just takes longer to stick (mainly because I have like story’s in my head 24/7). But dare I say, hearing this makes me feel smarter but also makes me feel so sad that family members who I’m very close with are having to deal with people who are addicted to tech and will never know what it means to enjoy when the sun comes up and when to spend time with people you care about is just sad. I’m also a writer as my favourite subject in school is English so I do need auto correct when planning and writing my story’s but I don’t use it for everything. I use a notebook also to draw and plan out characters and plain plot points of story’s and yes sometimes I need help spelling a word or to but then usually get it right every other time. People often ask me “why do you use a notebook and a device to plan your story’s?”, It’s because I don’t want to lose the ability it write on my own without a device because I’m very much aware that my generation could be one last ones to ever see the colour of the sky with needing a screen and just using my head. Which is depressing…

[@melonman2225]

​@@ellaaitken3966the voices in my head keeps narrating every moment of my life They need to stop

[@ellaaitken3966]

@@melonman2225 I’m with you on that, but that’s just because so I don’t screw up and regret it later

[@berrysnowyboy5251]

As a Gen Z adult, fully agreed

[@melonman2225]

@@berrysnowyboy5251 your lesbian sonic pfp says it all

[@jessvision8817]

I worked at a summer camp last year, half the kids only cared about when they could next get their phones not the activities they were doing. My mum works at a school and most of her day is spent just wrangling the kids because they can't behave long enough to do anything. It's really sad.

[@starburst22]

OK I'm a part time teller at a credit union. And today two parents came in to make a payment to something. I didnt help them my co worker did but I noticed their child was holding one of those blue ipad cases. His dad linked arms with him as if he wont notice if they left without feeling movement cause he was glued to the screen. I couldn't watch the child for the whole time to see if there were any changes to his behavior since I had to help members too but what I've observed just seems to be what I've seen online with ipad kids coming to life and I am scared that this may be more common than I realize. I mean i dont go out a lot but over the weekend too when I went out with my friends I noticed a family in a table across the room for us and like three different tablets with the kids for that group

[@tomatosoup1304]

What's worse are these new teachers are genuinely trying so hard. They're choosing to become the type of teachers they wanted as children and now these new parents are refusing to discipline and handle their children, making it difficult for these teachers to do their jobs

[@a.s.3676]

What if "discipline" (aggressiveness) is the main problem. Edit: teachers are for the pupils, not the pupils for the teachers... Teachers cannot force motivation; if they are skillful in teaching but people still aren't interested, we should find out the cause. Someone should consult a philosopher and ask: what is wrong in our SYSTEM? Actually, sir Ken Robinson knows the answer... Of course there are also big issues with the philosophy of mind, psychology & parenting styles, but the "science" is not ready for big changes yet.

[@Weldedhodag]

@@a.s.3676 Discipline is not the same thing as being aggressive. Given, sure, children do respond better to positive reinforcement, but a good parent knows when to put their foot down and take away their toy/send them to their room for awhile. Straight up when I was a kid and started getting crabby, my parents would tell me to go take a nap. Guess what I do now as an adult if I start feeling exhausted and its putting me in a bad mood? I guess I'm saying that at the same time, any kind of discipline should also instill a lesson ex. Care for yourself before you become bitter towards others

[@a.s.3676]

@@Weldedhodag I think people "need" discipline when things have already gone wrong. In practice, many people get upset/aggressive when they feel they have "failed" to prevent things they don't like (kids misbehaving)... I don't believe punishing a child for adult's own features/social inabilities is the firstmost solution. I do think teaching a child to go away if he/she is unhappy with the adult's behavior is better than being aggressive, but even better would be to face the child's negative feelings without an urge to shut him/her down. So in my opinion, punishing is just a way of escaping responsibility as a parent... ironically!

[@Weldedhodag]

@@a.s.3676 You know it is possible to both self reflect and discipline your child at the same time right? Like, if I had a kid and they got caught shoplifting, I would ask them why they thought it was OK and self reflect on how I could help them be better in the future, but I would still ground them because they need to learn actions have consequences as well.

[@familyoftacticaldroids309]

@@Weldedhodag Oh, I was the one who got The Belt. Took one whack of that sucker on my butt and I was DONE. (my personal idea) I know people think this is assault on a child, but honestly, if it is used just to say "this is inexecusable behavior" and they only get like...1 - 3 whacks in a private area like their home, then honestly? I don't see a problem. Something has to teach them, and actions speak louder than words apparently, so when your "NO" isn't doing any good, then...Bring out The Belt. Of course, I'm not saying to whack them for every time they say "shut up" or "I hate you", but when they start tearing up stuff or acting super out of line like these kids and that dance teacher, then you're clearly not teaching them how to respect ANY adult. Tantrums can turn into full out destruction of a store, to a holdup, to an outright massacre. I know it's super extreme to put this out there, but if your kids get away with screaming and yelling, imagine how it'll be when you're 80 and frail and they're 20 and big -- especially if you never enforced the rules. Do you want them to LITERALLY "get away with murder?" Let that sink in.

[@vertanishock7900]

The answer is, neglect is causing this. Not physical neglect but emotional distance. They don't know how to use things like apps as tools. My sister's friends were AMAZED when she brought out a book without pictures and told them it was her favorite at the moment. THEY ARE 11-13!! It HURTS me so much.

[@JustnormalOofficial]

Oh dear, the fact they were awestruck by seeing a book with no pictures scares me, and i'm also a 13 y/o who can actually read for longer than 5 mins. It scares me how other people in my class (the 01 or 8th grade regents class) can't even do that, and they can't even be quiet for 30 seconds. I feel bad for our art teacher, because she has to endure that behavior, and cranked up to 10 with screaming, play fighting, and so much more at 8 am. Earlier the school year we were learning about reproductive systems, and ever since that unit ended, everybody just started making the most inappropriate jokes you've ever heard. It's concerning the 13 to 14 year old would even be saying that, and this is coming from me, a 13 year old. I kinda want to be homeschooled from now on, but I know that's not happening because my parents don't have enough money for it. So I guess I just have to sit here and endure all of these things that are going on in my class.

[@jennifermarlow.]

@@JustnormalOofficial That must be so hard. I'm old, but remember being so bored with people clowning around so much in class. It's so much worse now. Time stretches out so long, I know. Just make the best of it, have future goals and don't forget to have fun - if you love art, great. You got this! :)

[@JChrist0AD]

Uhm… what? I am in 6th grade, and my first encounter with s book without pictures was in KINDERGARTEN. Furthermore, to pass 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and so on you MUST read non-picture books.

[@DefaultFlame]

@@JustnormalOofficial That is absolutely terrible. Stay strong, and when you have a moment tell your teachers, the good ones anyway, what you like about the subjects they teach and that you appreciate the effort they put in. I can't imagine how horrible it is being a teacher as things are currently, but I know that just a little appreciation goes a long way.

[@mybirdsmells]

@@JustnormalOofficialPleaseee not even homeschooling would save you from these breeds of children. I’m homeschooled and the kids were REALLY bad. Mostly when I was in 7th grade, in 8th, not so much. But still, even in online middle school the kids were terrifying. Still objectively better than in-person school. (Now that i’ve finished writing this, i realize not all homeschooling options involve having classmates, I know some are independent studies. But still a possibility of having those students.)

[@jenamarie509]

As someone who just graduated 8th grade and will be going into 9th grade this next year I can honestly say I'm extremely happy I'm homeschooled! It honestly worries me that these are kids my age struggling so much with on grade level material. And this is coming from someone who was behind by two grade levels cause of covid. It was really hard to get back to grade level but I eventually got there! And I do notice that i perform worse when I'm spending more time online and not getting as much physical activity. Which I usually am pretty active as someone who has been taking Martial Arts since I was 5 Years Old! (Hap Ki Do, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Karate)

[@silvermistbun]

I’m from Eastern Europe, and I teach English to 13-15 y.o kids atm. It wasn’t by choice, but I gotta do what I gotta do. Anyway. Their attention span is below zero, it’s impossible to make them interested and actually participate in class, they have little background knowledge (many do have some, but not most.). The latter is shocking, because our education system is built in a way you cannot but learn at least something about the world you live in. It’s an inevitable consequence of simply attending classes. I thought it was my fault for so long, because I’m a young teacher and surely don’t know a LOT. But after a couple of conversations with other teachers, it came as a shock to me it’s not a me issue?? Turns out these kids aren’t performing well at most school subjects. This is concerning, to say the least.

[@sharky7002]

Just a question but which Eastern European Courtney are you from because I didn’t think stuff like this happened in Eastern Europe

[@silvermistbun]

@@sharky7002 Belarus. It’s happening all over the world, the issues with parenting and upbringing are, unfortunately, a universal thing. They do vary in forms and scales, but they’re pretty much everywhere :(

[@erikgustafson7365]

The problem is parents regretting having kids and toss them a phone to avoid hanging out with them

[@alyssajones4368]

Yep and it's sad.

[@TresAmigos-ix9vo]

@@alyssajones4368that’s why they call it the sad truth!!

[@Blackdawn80]

I've always wanted to sat this but it's so hard to believe. Shocking truth indeed.

[@itzjustdarren1348]

Skibidi Rizz Gyattt💀😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@valentinaraffaelli7291]

​@@itzjustdarren1348which further proves our point here

[@thegwreth]

As a very early Gen Alpha, I've noticed so many changes at my school. The kids are all screaming about their level 9 gyats and I'm so confused. I try to work as hard as possible, and parents and teachers act surprised when I show them the most basic respect. It's really disturbing how tiktok and instagram are just rotting peoples brains. I just hope we can get out of this mess. I do my best to stay off social media and just focus on my studies and I hope others will realize this and do it too.

[@azzy1130]

Props to you, limit your internet especially when you're below 8th grade, and don't dive too deep into the internet if you can. While there are some nice corners, this place can be disgusting. It's filled with people's mostly unfiltered thoughts, after all.

[@no_dojo8056]

Good job kiddo! Of course, not all of the discrepancies weigh on your classmates shoulders; the parents are at fault for the main part since this is learned behaviour and knowing that the classmates around them are also behaving this way makes them think this behaviour is okay. Since I’m Gen Z, I’ll also do my best to teach my future children to be behaved and respectful to others and focus on education rather than the TikTok and twitter. Because I started using technology more seriously in my early teens, now that I’m adult I can remember and recognize the difference between my childhood and now. We know what it’s like, so I hope my generation will follow as well and correct the wrongs of parenting.

[@faeriefae.]

As a gen alpha, I literally did one simple basic question and my teachers mind was blown.. this shows that some gen alphas really need to take a break of KZbin and go outside to an actual childhood.

[@fizziep0p696]

You’re an extremely well spoken teenager!! And you can spell. 😌10/10

[@tinatheobald3412]

You are doing good, dude. My mom doesn't let me use tiktok, and I am SO glad I'm not allowed to. And the think about the kids yelling gyats is insane.

[@alFaCentauri16]

Wtf? I'm 26, and didn't even know "gyat" was an acronym. It is absolutely terrible seeing kids using that word and talking about BBLs. Everyday more and more, I am thinking of not bringing any child to this world.

[@Becky12bush]

I don't understand what gyatt is either you aren't the only one!

[@LadyFurina1st]

The fact is, we were getting somewhere with the potty jokes and the make-up. For a short period of time, I thought that I was free from hearing disgusting potty jokes and girls bullying other kids because they don’t have what they have! And now we have downgraded AGAIN! We have the potty jokes back again. For example, the stupid Skibidi toilet, or… kids thinking farts are funny again! And as for the bullying and make-up.. now we have kids bullying other students over STANLEY CUPS and MENTAL DISABILITIES! I’m in middle school, and I hate these students because it’s literally the only students that exist in our school! I’M DONE WITH THE INTERNET!!! Me personally, yes, I’m an iPad kid, and I see how it effects my grade. But I feel like I’m not absolutely BRAINDEAD like these other students! The only two honors classes I have is science and history, and I’m supposed to be in English, but they couldn’t fit me into the class. But like… I have B-, C+.. and I will opens the page that shows me my grades, and a kid behind me and beside me is like… “Oh, I wish I had your grades, I’m going to summer school because I have an E in whatever class”. And coincidentally, those 2 students are also the students who say Skibidi, Gyatt, and other stuff and I need it to stop. It’s affecting MY learning, and the only reason I tune out the world around me while I’m on my technology is to ignore these kids. And this is why I don’t study, because anything to do with school just forces me to remember I have to deal with these kids. At this point, the mentally disabled students WILL be the smarter kids. And me, I’m ALSO a special education student! And yet I’m the one who gets better grades in classes that aren’t honors? WHAT?? And I’m ALSO one of those kids who get on the iPad the second I get home to relax, and I never have a moment where it’s off my mind, but I WANT to NOT have it on my mind all the time!! Please, parents, start making screen time limits to avoid your children acting like… WHATEVER THIS IS!!?

[@ohthatremindsmeofmypruneju3669]

14:40 "I thought they had teachers that know how to handle kids" They do. What they're unequipped to handle are goblins.

[@DumplingDoodle]

man, not even. i was a goblin child and i was dealt with. the difference is when goblin children are left to fester on the internet with other goblin children. and then you get a horde of goblin children trying to raid your village, and no one needs that.

[@supermeathands3433]

​@@DumplingDoodle What doesn't help is that children learn pretty quickly that there is nothing an adult can do to them is they misbehave or worse. Kids know that they can say and do whatever they want and an adult is powerless, as all a child has to do threaten to call the police or make a fake claim/accusation against said adult and the adult will stop trying to make them behave or stop what they are doing. There needs to be something in place that allows parents and adults to regain some power from kids. Of course that is easier said than done because as soon as someone tries to float that idea politically, they will likely face being cancelled or having their career destroyed as a result.

[@katscardsandgames]

School board be like "I see, here are ipads for your whole school with minecraft, roblox, instagram, and tiktok pre-installed. You're welcome".

[@abcdefg5459]

Put diversity over education and get rid of math and history requirements, and you get this.

[@DumplingDoodle]

@@abcdefg5459 wouldn’t be a yt comment section without an unnecessarily political oversimplification of complicated issues

[@toptengamermoments]

A concerning number of the other kids in my HIGH SCHOOL HONORS ELA class still have the grammar of elementary schoolers. They somehow still have not learned the difference between "to" and "too".

[@tnmsfl2007]

I feel like that has become the reality of most honors classes now. I’m in an Honors Algebra I class (btw, I got in A in Calculus in 10th grade, I was just missing Alg I for some reason, 🤷‍♂️), and there are 10th and 11th graders who can’t figure out how to find the slope or “m” in the equation. The teacher has to make the kids use a calculator to find what is 4/2… I thought this was honors? Most kids in algebra I are in 9th or 10th grade, but for honors 9th or even 8th grade. I’m Gen Z, and this is absolutely insane.

[@LilacDeiji]

think that applies all around the internet ngl

[@aaron-dq3qr]

No way

[@bossjihyo2276]

As a non native English speaker who worked so freaking hard to get to this level of fluency, I get so mad when I see misspellings like "to/too" "your/you're" made by actual anglophones. It's crazy because that's less than the basics. In my country, we have terrible students as well, so I'm wishing the best to all teachers everywhere

[@alecmullaney7957]

Are you passing or failing them?

[@diazthechad6698]

My cousin who is almost 13, she's in 7th grade and one of the best students in her class. I'm sometimes glad that my aunt is strict towards her & doesn't let her use social media & stuff, she doesn't even have a phone or ipad and only uses her parents' phones or desktop when she needs it for assignments. But I'm still worried for her cuz her parents push her a lot & give her too much pressure about studies (we're asian btw😭), she's only a young child and should play some more & have some fun instead of studying all day. But yeah she's a really good kid & well behaved, and I'm glad that she doesn't bottles up her frustration & says everything she has in her mind, expresses all her feelings and thoughts. We live far away from eo but everytime we meet during vacations, I love hanging out w her :3

[@countvronsky4025]

Every generation of kids have their own slang. My friends and i used to say some dumb stuff as kids, to be sure. But WE WERE ABLE TO TURN IT OFF AT THE APPROPRIATE MOMENTS. It wasn't the only thing we knew, it was just nonsense, and we KNEW it was nonsense. Fuck me...

[@celu7361]

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[@tigerlilly9038]

*we knew it was nonsense* THIS.

[@coolcomments]

Peanut butter

[@CigarettesOutTheWindow502]

Gladly- /j But, yeah. Some kids just don’t know how to shut up.

[@Tamago443]

I'm glad I was born just before gen alpha, but I'd say any of them after 2017 are fucked

[@ariane.clrk.]

I am a 7th grader. I just wanted to say that this is entirely the fault of social media, you are completely right. My parents only let me have KZbin, but my mom is older, she's 53. It's easier for me to avoid the trap because I have a clear goal of what I want to achieve when I'm older, I want to be an F1 engineer and that takes loads of studying. Some kids my age are just lost, and that's not their faults, it's the fault of the adults. I live in Europe and do the IB, so I'm sure it's worse in America, but still, the parents of these kids have to do something, this is going to get worse with Generation Beta. It's turning into an epidemic. I have kids in my class who are super social and nice, but do really poorly in school. I try to help when I can, by tutoring maths to return the favour of being kind to me and including me (I have asperger's and I worry about being left out). Also in class I help out because the maths teacher can't help 30 kids at once. But for god's sake, I'M 13! I shouldn't have to be the one doing the extra teaching. Thank you for bringing light to this, it's a problem all over western society.

[@AmaraMashingaidze]

I'm also a 7th grader and I have social media and do well in school and have a clear goal in life , ig maybe other kids focus so much on social media and neglect school and end up failing btw I also do IB as well

[@Zectifin]

I feel really sorry for your generation. I got myspace when it was brand new and I was 19. social media didnt exist until I was an adult. Not every kid is gonna have a bad time with social media. I used the internet to look up cool stuff about space and other science info and stuff about pokemon. There are kids that will do fine and they will use the internet to learn. Others will just watch stupid bullshit and thats where the parents need to come in to guide them in the right direction.

[@andreaarun9115]

Hi. I'm an eighth grader and I have a boy in my class who can't even spell 'ice-cream' right!!!! And what you guys are saying is also true. Social media is disrupting all the kids' lives and future. I also do well in school and know that I want to be great in the future. And I live in India so...........

[@XxDegrassigurlxX]

Less to do with social media but the parents who don't be parents about it. It shouldn't be up to you to help your classmates because if they are struggling why aren't the parents doing something about it, and being proactive in the child's life, enough to to you need to sit with them (device free) and help... The problem is modern parents think phones and iPads are good enough to be the parent for your kid. So the parent is social media.

[@blackcat3299]

Yout comment is so well written! I'm glad to see that there are kids that get it and haven't fallen into the social media trap! Stay true to yourself and keep your eye on your goals. I wish you the best of luck in your journey to becoming a engineer!

[@TheEclipseWatcher]

I feel like the internet had an opposite effect on me. I grew to be honestly stronger in smarts and skill and was always reading and writing and typing away at my computer as I roleplayed with random people on Roblox. I was a Warrior cats kid as well so I was reading away at that too. I’m glad a grew up on a better side of the internet. - random teenager Edit: I’ve gotten more into the video and let me just say this… I’m still on my electronics a lot, especially getting on them when I get home from school. And also especially on a computer. Computers to me are magical, I love them and I love to be on the internet and type away. But, I’m actually learning. I’d rather learn than play video games for fun. I’m attempting to learn more and more rather than playing video games. Today, I went home and since we were learning about stuff on governments in school, I went home and studied government branches and the United States government. Things click in my mind and I want to learn more and more. I get into it. It’s something I enjoy. Writing, reading, anything of that sort. I love to do it. I began writing my own “article” (im not sure what to call it) on the US government. I studied away like my life depended on it. I know, I probably should have a break and go outside… yeah. I think I’ll go do that. Can’t wait for summer break honestly although I still want to learn. I also love showing off what I do know for some reason. Anyways, before I get into anything else, that’s all I have to say lol. Bye.

[@ihatekiann_]

I was waiting to find a comment like this!!!

[@cheskalumanog8859]

Same I was reading toa & pj

[@ricewrd]

I'm a Canadian 7th grader, I have to stand by what Hayley said. I am diagnosed with deafness + adhd and yet it's scary how most people in my class can't even do simple MULTIPLICATION MATH AND ADDITION OF FRACTIONS, and the ministry of education isn't doing anything to help at all. Adding on, english isn’t even my first language and yet I can write better than ALL OF THEM. Its concerning, god help us!!

[@morrigambist]

My distant cousin is now about 19. At 14 he was according to his family "good in math". When I asked him was 8 times 7 was, I got a blank stare. I can see him now in calculus class, totally adrift.

[@HarpiesandHarpoons]

It’s because the ministry of education knows it is not about education at the end of the day, it’s just about answering questions.

[@A_Random_kpop_Fan]

As a Canadian 6th grader, I am genuinely scared. Hearing kids that are my age that can’t perform in their grade level is genuinely worrying me. This cannot be the future of a country. Listen, English isn’t even my first language (french is) and I can write better than them which is very concerning.

[@L0S3RX3]

yo same grade

[@reddblackjack]

Nice! I'm 46 and only have passing familiarity with other languages. French from culinary school, Spanish from working on kitchens I've worked in, Klingon from my love of star trek, German from family. I'm not multilingual by any stretch. But you can start thinking of your idiot peers as one of my favorite human words. Bachfeifengesisht. From German, a face that needs to be hit. It's okay to feel mad about being surrounded by ignorant morons. Mad enough to slap them. But don't. I'm not condoning or encouraging violence. Learn everything you can while you still have the ability and you'll go far! Even if you want to be president of Canada.

[@Grainofsand_gs]

As an American 7th grader, so am I. There are people in my advanced ela class that still can't understand *theme*

[@_CH0C0LAT3-3AT3R_]

Ello fello 6th grader

[@_CH0C0LAT3-3AT3R_]

@@Grainofsand_gsWAIT WHAT.

[@Dead-Tired_Knight]

I was born in 2001, my first smartphone I got on my 16th birthday. Then I see the 1 year old get an ipad and I'm like what in the actual f-

[@morsmordre3]

Ikr I got my first phone in 11th grade. I was born in 2002.

[@DemiCape]

I got my first iphone 4 at the age of 13 and was born 2000 and yeah I really think owning such thing by yourself at young age is a bit early.

[@thomgizziz]

@@DemiCape There are people that didn't get cellphones until they were in their 20s or at least until they were able to pay for it. You are looking down at these people and thinking they are dumb and by your logic the older generation gets to look down on you but you still feel that you are special and are smart... do you see the issue? Of course you don't, because you aren't that bright.

[@aaronaguilar824]

I got my first phone at 3 years old, but it was my dads old phone that my brother had, then my dad let me have the phone. BUT: I was only watching KZbin Kids and playing mouse simulator and squirrel simulator also FRICKING PLANTS VS ZOMBIES! U NEVER SEE A KID PLAYING THOSE GAMES ANYMORE!!! U BARELY SEE A 3 YEAR OLD WATCHING KZbin KIDS THESE DAYS!!!!!!!! THATS SO MESSED UP!!! IM LITERALLY ALMOST 10 AND I CANT BELIEVE 7TH GRADERS!!! 7 T H G R A D E R S!!!!!!!!!! 7TH GRADERS ARE ON THE LEVEL OF 2ND GRADERS!!!!! IM I. THE 4TH GRADE, AND IM SMARTER THAN THEM!!!!!!!THEY'RE 3 YEARS AHEAD OF ME IN SCHOOL AND IM LIKE 5TH GRADE LEVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@axlrosest]

​@@thomgizzizwtf?

[@Lactose-Intolorent-Seagull]

As a 7th grader, no one in my grade says ‘gyatt’ or anything, we 7th graders don’t want to classify ourselves as gen alpha, we categorize ourselves as part of gen z because we are genuinely ashamed of our younger peers. Pls dont blame all 7th graders for this, most of us have great parents but some people just don’t put any effort in school. I am honestly glad my parents never let me have snapchat or instragram or twitter or anything like that

[@toyotawitha20mm35]

Just stick to youtube, everything else is boring, and try to stay away from YT shorts

[@EnbyBee]

Exactly bro. I ended 7th grade a few days ago and it was only the 6th graders that watched Skibidi Toilet and like brainrot

[@a_Aurora_a]

As a 7th grader, it is insane to me how badly kids my age struggle to form simple sentences, and/or be polite. And it's affecting kids including myself who at least used to have potential. I was reading at around a 2nd grade level in kindergarten. I'm now only reading at an 8th. It's because since I am ahead and don't need any help, all the teachers focused their attention on practically everyone else. I was never given anything that challenged me up until around 6th grade. I didn't learn for around 6 years. And when I found something that actually challenged me it hit my like a truck because I was used to everything being super easy. My parents, especially my dad always tried his best to teach me things that were outside my education because my brain wasn't being challenged in school. I was learning long division with my dad in like 2nd grade. I'm honestly very concerned for my generation.

[@k.stacey7389]

Institutionalized “education” is always going to cater to the lowest common denominator. Your parents should pull you out and home school you if they want you to thrive.

[@hereiam87]

A prime example of why kids who are ahead of other are the ones who need special needs education to help them thrive .as an eighth grader I am in “enriched classes” but often feel ostracized for even raising my hand to answer I once thought of asking if it was a classroom that was for the mentally impaired but decided against it and just checked the roster (it wasn’t) the point here is children now days aren’t learning enough while pandemic actually helped me I am a reallly fast learner but before lockdown which happened in fourth grade for me I had nothing to do heck in sixth grade I was stupid but when I saw a letter on my report card I looked at it and said “this is a bragging right” and so here I am scrolling through KZbin for anything really and since I am a fast learner I actually watch shortened down analysis for better retention ( I’m doin some college level courses it sucks!!)

[@lotanowo]

@@hereiam87 Not to mention that "gifted" children who are ahead, on top of being set aside because "they don't need help", are also expected to accomplish great things in life, putting additional pressure on them.

[@poodle-aid]

Don’t worry if you’re born before 2012 you’re fine you’re gen z

[@a_Aurora_a]

@@lotanowo That's what I am saying! We are expected to succeed in life but then we don't get any extra support that is necessary in order to succeed!

[@HattyVA]

I'm gen Z and while I definitely had technology as a big part of my upbringing, it was mostly so that my dad could introduce me to things he likes. Stuff like old video games, modding, and sci-fi. At restaurants, my parents would always point out iPad kids (this was when the concept was still new) and tell me about how dangerous it is. I'm glad I listened to them because now I'm extremely mindful of the content I consume. I make sure that whatever I watch in my free time is about something I like, not what's currently trending.

[@AhoarPookie]

As a current Gen alpha even if I hate it when my parents put restrictions on technology I understand why they do. I have also been raised to an education standard. If I get below a B in a class or an F on an assignment my parents will mention it and I will try to bring it up. (I will usually bring it up a few percent.) I also am mindful of what I watch on youtube and on pinterst. I will actively block and make sure anything I don't agree with or something that is rotting my brain is removed from my youtube shorts. (My parents also don't like tiktok and refuse to let me use chat GPT even if it is just for fun)

[@keefester]

Yes completely 100% agree. After hearing about the pandemic of the lack of comprehension skills that so many kids just a few years younger than us have, makes me so cautious of what I do online. Know I use technology purely for education and to learn about things that help strengthen my brain. Just like you I’m super into modding and stuff and I am stating to get into code. I also love researching about the history of things, like different genres of music. Especially Jazz and Bossa Nova

[@trighyjock5415]

Gentleman, I would like to ask when your dad showed you tecnology in what age? So I have a ideia when I should show the good parts of tecnology (old video games, sci-fi, learning like Game Theory and Kurzgesagt) so I know when to show tecnology to my future kids and I have a base ideia of how to raise rather than completely blind on this topic. Thank you if you respond it or atleast read it, have a good day/night.

[@inko_gnito_]

Also a gen Z that had technology as a part of my life, except for most of my life I relied on toys to keep me entertained and helped me become more creative and imaginative, which is why I want parents of gen A to start giving kids toys instead of phones, it's way cheaper and also promotes creativity

[@niraxlevi9930]

I'm gen z too and i got my first phone when i was 15 and my first laptop when i was 17 ,if i wanted to the a research or anything my dad would give me his phone or laptop for 2 hours ,i only had Nintendo to play games so if the parents wanted to raise children they can

[@SairePickens]

We played a game on our computers today in science class, and the kids are complaining about how much energy getting questions right gives you. All the kids were like "Give us 10,000 energy!" Our science teacher never lets us do this, so she doesn't understand, and like I do, finds this particular game incredibly stressful and anxiety-inducing. The only one who stood up for her was me. I actually said, "That's the point of having only 450 energy every right question. Is so you answer more questions, this is our damn test review!" She looked at me and said "Thank you!" sounding extremely agitated and exhausted from our shit. We did have a test today, and that was our review. Every time these kids would fall, they'd yell, which only made it harder to focus, and I would jump every time it happened. And one kid was getting on my nerves so hard I flipped him off, the one time I won't get in trouble for it because he shut up and my teacher appreciated it, she still told me not to do it again though, which I agreed.

[@MidnightSnowstorm]

I keep coming back to this video, and it speaks to me so well. I saw teachers retiring, and one even quit halfway into the school year, because he was getting pressured by people for giving many students Fs in class. Kids are becoming harder to teach, and it's genuinely depressing. I was in a class full of seniors last year, and the teacher and his assistant had to have a stern talk with the whole class. They had Google Docs with autocorrect, and they STILL were making spelling mistakes, as well as using poor grammar. I have numerous mental disorders that have made it hard to stay in class and focus, but I'm a lot better than a graduated class when it comes to basic English skills. At least I know my grade will be fine when we graduate, because we were always the nice grade who treated teachers with so much respect. I'm terrified of what my most favorite teachers will be dealing with in a few years. Will they ever get a decent and kind class again? I hope so, but I'm not optimistic.

[@trick1962]

As a member of Gen Z, I’ve found that my generation has been very outspoken about this issue. We can recognize how social media and technology has harmed us, and now Gen Alpha has it even worse. As a senior, I’ve already noticed a change in the freshmen at my school. My class certainly weren’t angels at that age, but a lot of these freshmen seem to have no regard for social norms and have no maturity. And I think it’s only going to get worse.

[@dillpickel6767]

Is freshman are still not gen z the seventh graders are the start of gen z. Us freshman are 2008-2009 and gen alpha starts at 2011 and above just saying

[@fam3at762]

@@dillpickel6767 most generations have blurry start/end lines but it's generally agreed that gen alpha starts in 2013

[@LaliaIsaac]

I fear for future generations :C

[@soraokami5569]

It's getting bad some of the freshman in extra classes (optional courses) are spending more time in the office then in class due to cursing out the teacher

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

Sci-fi dystopian writers really were right about the dangers of technology. Cyberpunk isn't about aesthetics, attitude, or radical politics; it's when technology becomes overwhelming to the point of being _invasive_ and mankind becomes subservient to it rather than the other way around.

[@einahsirro1488]

Gen X English teacher here, retired in 2020. WE TRIED TO WARN YOU!!! WE TRIED! I WAS SCREAMING ABOUT THIS IN 2010!!

[@thepickledpixie9052]

We did. I'm out too.

[@lunchbox1553]

Do you think it's also an issue that teachers and schools are not adapting to the technology that is available?

[@cutecats532]

​@@lunchbox1553??? Society would need to value education and fund it for that to be a thing and there are deranged adults who want that funding for religious schools.

[@lunchbox1553]

@@cutecats532 I think society or at least those who are in a position to change things do value it, it's just that I feel like too many people are stuck in an uncreative box and that's why the education system is not going to get any better. Like those who went through a flawed education system are the ones who will eventually have newer generations go through the same thing, and they won't even realize it because the education system already failed those future teachers.

[@einahsirro1488]

No, all the schools I was in were falling over themselves purchasing iPads and tech for the kids. Although it's true they never want to spend money for an onsite tech person to keep the darn things working properly. The amount of money wasted this way is appalling, but that's a whole other story.@@lunchbox1553

[@Senacacrane]

Thank you for posting this video.❤

[@Evan-I]

4:39 honestly, I’m less concerned about their slang and more concerned that they know what a BBL is

[@Lunaa_tunaa]

Same, I didn't even know what"bbl" stood for and when I didn't I literally couldn't figure out the L part

[@jwright6059]

I'm 24 and disgusted by parenting today. I have no kids but honestly when I have kids they will have little access to internet or devices. 5 year Olds and 8 year Olds saying gyatt is gross. Mom clearly isn't seeing how dire it is.

[@prnst4r]

Don't have kids. Being childfree is better.

[@YouveBeenMegged]

Yeah, the fact that that kid who couldn’t be older than like, 10 knows what a BBL is is extremely concerning.

[@TechTchno]

​@@prnst4r i think people can have kids if they want them and they're able to take care of them! - a childfree individual who will never ever have kids

[@ville__]

Didn't ask+ I'm better than Haley so deal with it

[@emeraldcoal2360]

I’m about to have my 5th baby and mine are all very young but let me just encourage you that you can raise low-tech kids. The key is truly beating your own phone addiction which, honestly, most Americans have but won’t admit to. You just have to look at your screen time to figure that one out. I didn’t get a smart phone till I was 18 and it scared me how quickly it became an integral part of my life until I had to get rid of it a few years ago. I honestly thought Millennials were more self aware than this to realize what screens were doing to them and just how quickly it would hurt their kids.

[@jessenoneofyobussines7560]

That poor ballet teacher is a good soul she see's the bigger picture and is well spoken, you can hear the pain in her voice.

[@lilscenechick1995]

When she almost broke into tears I wanted to cry, too. She genuinely cares and honestly it’s pretty disgusting what lyrics children are listening to. I’m fine with dirty songs and yes children are going to be exposed to some inappropriate things, now and again. However it’s so irresponsible for parents to just simply not supervise and not care what sort of content their children are watching and listening to. Sexually explicit music is how most children are exposed to sexual content at early ages, and it’s so important to monitor that…

[@jessenoneofyobussines7560]

@@lilscenechick1995 hits you in the faith of humanity section of your heart.

[@ninar9664]

Yeah she looked like she was about to cry

[@m.htruth8880]

Hypersexuality in children has been an early agenda pushed to children since for ever. Especially with Disney and stuff it's funded by pedo psychiatrist. I started studying Hypersexuality subliminal messages at 8 and I would warn ppl. Nobody listens till it's too late.

[@kiirolozanogarcia3003]

all the teachers in this vid are all victims like her

[@Senacacrane]

Thank you for posting this.❤

[@dicey2988]

People like to seperate themselves from the younger generations and say "well its not my problem" and loathe them, meanwhile they're the most important group of people on earth and in a few decades the reigns of the world will be in their hands. People don't talk about it enough. Hundreds of millions of kids being irreversibly poisoned

[@Its-na-yy-ab]

I'm a GenZ who literally got her own mobile phone when I got in High school and got a laptop in University, it's not the children's fault, it's the parents clearly!

[@aspillust]

ayyy me too, got an ipod touch in 6th grade, my first phone at 15 (still using it lol), and my first laptop right before college 👌

[@ragingraichu219]

I had a computer at the age of 10 or 11, but what did I do with it? Mostly read. I didn't get a smartphone until 2016, when I was 26. I may have despised school with a passion, but I'm so glad I wasn't raised like Gen Alpha is being raised. Unfortunately, I've seen it with my own two eyes while out and about doing errands. One kid literally walked into a glass wall because he wasn't paying attention to anything but his tablet. When I was out running errands with my mom as a kid, I had my imagination when I was bored, or I would just look around me and observe what was happening in my vicinity.

[@averagemanobi5679]

I did have a laptop in 9th grade, but I didn’t have a personal phone until I was 17. And I didn’t even mind that cause I loved reading books since first grade. Many people today are surprised when I tell them I started reading books at 5, like nowadays my 2nd grader cousin has difficulty to read without pronouncing the words out loud but can use the phone like a pro, while I could read books perfectly at her age and didn’t even know how to use a smartphone .

[@ZERO_boi.]

I got a iPod when I was around 6 years old (I’m on the younger end of gen Z) but I had it with big limitations from my parents, I was only aloud Spotify and a app for audio books all other apps were closed off I didn’t even have a phone number. My first phone I got when I was 9 but still with limitations and over sight by my parents, they also talked bout it with me before I got it. Even now I’m not aloud social media the only thing I’m aloud is Snap Chat on my phone (I’m aloud KZbin on my ipad), my dad has also put in that I can’t download apps without asking him I have to send a request to him.

[@ayehailey7238]

same here!

[@tucker0624]

Well I’ve said it before and I’ll continue to preach. “All children deserve parents but not all parents deserve children.”

[@Elgi72]

Its an american problem, not one of the whole world. So its not that bad.

[@judgeboony2695]

@@Elgi72 It's a global problem.

[@MrSigma_47]

​@@Elgi72Maybe WW3 is a global problem.

[@johnblackhorn]

@@Elgi72 it’s goes to show there morons even outside the country of the US.

[@2003LN6]

@@Elgi72 go look at East Asia 🤣

[@lelii1147]

Im a gen alpha and im doing pretty good in school, my classmates on the other hand is saying stuff like "skibidi gyatt rizz in ohio" DURING CLASS when im trying to listen to the teacher. And during recess/free time im quiet but listening to my friends while drawing or something but my classmates are so messy,noisy and so ANNOYING.

[@lelii1147]

IM IN 5TH GRADE! (elementary)

[@YourLocalL0ser]

What would that be in Europe? (Ex. 6th class would be 12-13 year olds.)

[@ashisthecoolest]

yea same! i may hit them and be loud only with my friends. in class im either talkative,mad,almost about to cry or very quiet to the point i dont talk at all in class

[@giangtran4711]

@@YourLocalL0ser assuming the original commenter is from the US, they’re around 10-11 years old

[@YourLocalL0ser]

@@giangtran4711 so that's 4-5th class basically

[@palemourningrose2463]

Let’s be clear: this is not in the slightest the fault of the children. They are children, they don’t know any better. WE have failed THEM.

[@Becky12bush]

THANK YOU (as a gen z)

[@erimator17]

I’m just praying that Gen Z will do better at parenting. Please, let’s parent our kids well in the future. We got this, people. 🧎‍♀️

[@kalynalloyd226]

Amen 🙏

[@BiBiren]

I will not be like my colleague, who is about the same age as me (25) but with a kid. She let her kid watch tiktok. Some of what she watches are (dare I say) cringy and obnoxious that it annoyed me while the video loops during work. Edit: Last Christmas, I remember that also have a baby cousin who wants to go to USA just to buy Prime. I warned my aunt who lets him watch Tiktok and Cocomelon on YT that the ones who made this drink ae bad influences to kids.

[@erimator17]

@@BiBiren Lord… why??

[@zerotodona1495]

Gen alpha is mostly gen Z kids…

[@BonesJonesIdk]

@@zerotodona1495 no, because gen z is gen z not gen alpha

[@HouHuimei]

for the first time in forever, i feel like homework is reasonable and required for children. Edit: damn i didn't know this would get so much engagement, in any case, i'll explain my point: homework will help drive home a topic and expand on it. homework doesn't HAVE to be mundane and boring, it can still be fun and helpful at the same time.

[@dudewithnolifepoop]

homework should be mandatory for below grade level kids

[@ExEvMusic]

@@dudewithnolifepoop 100%, and maybe even for most on-grade level classes imo

[@Keyen22]

They don't need homework, they need loving parents...

[@dudewithnolifepoop]

@@Keyen22 and homework

[@Chris-xo2rq]

I don't know what is going on in the rest of the country but I have 2 boys in middle school in upstate New York and they and most of their friends are excelling academically. My oldest is advanced in math and science and gets straight-A's and my youngest can already write computer programs in both C++ and Python. I'd like to take some of the credit as a graduate degree holding firmware engineer but honestly the school system is fantastic as well. I often sit here in New York reading news about the rest of the country and it might as well be talking about sub-Saharan Africa for all the familiarity I find in it.

[@ORGANaryGrl]

I hate being Gen Alpha. I was always told by teachers I was 'So smart' for just doing what they asked. I always thought it was pretty weird, considering I was just doing what was SUPPOSED to be normal for my age. And I always thought it was a bit odd that so many of my classmates, who were in literal middle school, couldn't write normal, day-to-day words properly. I have literally had people have to ask me how to spell 'School' before. and, y'know, maybe they did have Dyslexia, or maybe they just forgot it for a split second, I've had that happen before, but HALF of my class? 8+ times? I seriously doubt it. And, I don't blame them, not exactly!! Their parents are just REALLY shitty, take it from me. I have met so many kids who have almost never had a home-cooked meal, or haven't really seen their mom and dad too much, and that breaks me. I hate watching my peers suffer for no reason in particular. I hate having to know that these people I sit with, laugh with, play with, joke with, I hate knowing that one day, they're gonna be an adult. And they won't know how to function. And I hate knowing that, there is ALWAYS the possibility that if I don't try hard enough, I'll end up like that too. (Sorry for the poorly placed paragraphs, idk where to put the spaces so it isn't SUPER hard to read lol)

[@PaladinLeeroy42069]

When will we start holding parents accountable for letting their kids become stupid and disrespectful?

[@Anna_FieldHockey67]

parents are always saying "Ugh this new generation is horrible, back in my day blah blah blah" when they are the ones raising these children.

[@GARFIELDENA]

THIS

[@Thegentleman6832]

Straight FACTS

[@annalieff-saxby568]

There are mesopotamian clay tablets, dating back more than 5,000 years complaining that "today's youth" is disrespectful and unruly.

[@Tamago443]

This is why corporal punishment should be legal in all states

[@GARFIELDENA]

@@Tamago443 I don’t think that’s an amazing idea but…whatever floats your boat I guess

[@Iaminpain-le3wo]

As a 13 year old who can write sentences, I apologise for my peers.

[@JustSAM_67]

Ikr if they can't even form sentences how will they write essays? How will they learn trigonometry?

[@valxark]

​@@JustSAM_67im 14 and i can also write sentences. And im glad i wasn't born in gen alpha. But being born in gen z is not too bad atleast i wasn't exposed to smartphones when i was way younger and had a normal childhood!! But yeah gen alpha's education is real doomed

[@bettafish541]

​@@JustSAM_67that's the thing, they won't.

[@ArimaSenne1]

@@valxark Don't worry, education is just brainwashing

[@AveragePyroMain]

same

[@YungMani14]

as a gen alpha/also a bit confused on generation i am this devastates me

[@YungMani14]

these are our doctors, nurses and scientists and there more worried about what Rebecca thinks about her "gyat" these slang words are gross and its also sad that these kids my age are reading on a 2ND GRADE LEVEL when i was in 2nd i was reading on a 4rd level... these kids cant spell because we shorten everything tho instead of though and more

[@The_lamb_sauce]

Same

[@isabellanovicki]

As a kid going into 8th grade, this attitude is absolutely disgusting! Why on Earth does that work look so terrible? I'm a straight A student, but I'll admit there are some people in my school who do not put any effort into their work. My principal has been fed up with it, and has addressed it multiple times...but no one listens...seriously..now my friends and I are the only ones who literally pay attention and work hard in my grade level. There's so many kids who just think they can do whatever they want in school, even if they fail their parents will be proud of them..I mean I will admit it I'm on my phone every once and a while, but there's no way I'm as addicted as some of these young kids nowadays..I'm never ever going to bring my phone in. Thank you for reading my comment if you did.

[@jayemover_16]

"The lights are on but nobody's home, and I'm not even sure the lights are on" This has earned a permanent spot in my lexicon

[@WaveMaker097]

I’m an 8th grader right now, and the current situation is truly shocking to hear about. I’ve always been very strict with myself about getting good grades, but seeing that other people my age aren’t even trying is appalling. It genuinely makes me sad that this is how my generation acts, and I really hope that it gets better soon. Something needs to change if we want to have a good future, so it’s great that this video is bringing awareness to this issue.

[@Lylactal]

Try what? Like at some point you get tenured it doesn't matter if we try we live in an individualist society influenced by nihlism. Don't get me wrong I would love to try it's just the schools throw creativity out of the window.

[@janinarb]

Keep up the good work! Maybe you could try explaining to your peers why it’s necessary to utilize critical thinking and to study. Remind them to live in the moment and try to reduce screen usage cause soon enough they’ll be in high school and they won’t have assistance with every single thing they do! As a junior in hs i’ll be the first to tell you that the material does not get easier and that each year surely does fly by fast. Do what you will with that info ! What you do as a teenager has a huge impact on your life as an adult! 🤓☝️

[@Tara_.]

same! I'm in 8th grade and the fact that people my age can't spell the word "expect" is scary.

[@crowmoee]

Right??? I think a major part of the problem is that kids aren’t being disciplined either… Like, if most of the kids in my grade had my parents… they wouldn’t be acting up so much. Parents let their children bully them, or don’t even care about what their kids DO in school, and it’s a big issue…

[@phoebecorwin2264]

Dw 2009-2011 is Gen Z

[@user-ct3px8fj2g]

As a minor who has just started college (year 9). I'm not sure if it's just the American system that's having these problems. Because I know many people who know all of the Gen Alpha vocabulary. They can still do the things that these 7th graders can't. The most western western countries sure are different.

[@neluluuu]

I am so grateful that my little brothers are having a good upbringing, and I say that as an older sister myself. My middle brother is 6 years old, and although he is in the technology generation, he has been very interested in learning since he was little, at 3 years old he already knew how to say the alphabet, to read some stuff, and basic maths, I always tried to teach him the basics, with questions like "and what is 2x2? Ok, now 3x3? 4/12?". Yes, my brother hated that I asked him these things, but over time he learned basic mathematics and language, and I am proud to say that my brother already knows basic mathematics at his level and basic knowledge like reading and writting correctly at 6 years old. My little brother is autistic, and suffered mental retardation due to the experience of the pandemic, so making him learn is more difficult, since he is a very hyperactive and energetic child, however, in my house we try to be patient and learn to vocabulize words well. yes, sometimes we get tired of him because dealing with someone who screams because he can't speak is tiring, but we try to be as patient as possible since he is only 4 years old. And even at that little age, my brother CAN read and write. Another thing that helps them a lot is that they like to go out to play in the park and just go outside or play with their toys. They obviously get groggy on the TV or iPad, however I always make sure I see what they're watching, and I'm proud to say it's not harmful children's content. My middle brother has an obsession with all the plants vs zombies lore (the old one), and my little brother has a hyper fixation with dinosaurs, always wanting to watch the Jurrassic Park animated series. And they got limited screen time on their devices, so they’re not all day using technology. And of course, my father always tries to teach my siblings something new with interesting facts, such as things about our country, animals, mathematics, etc., and my mother makes sure that they always do their homework and understand the subject. And also, they don’t use that much social media. They got youtube, yes, but that’s it. all that is on their ipads are games of cars older than us.

[@DangerousErrors]

I'm a seventh grader and I have classmates that act like this. My classmates tear up paper and leaving it on the floor and even vandalized a table with ink. I'M NOT KIDDING, class ended, and one kid broke a pen and the ink splattered everywhere. And since my teacher is black, the kid had the balls to say: "Clean it up, you slave." And just left like as nothing happened. I feel bad for all the shit my teacher has to go through in the class, he's a very kind, a nice person, and an energetic teacher (I help my teacher clean it up.) I just can't believe what is happening to all of these teachers that have gone through this shit! I have a very bad feeling that something bad will happen to one of these teachers someday and it's horrifying if you think about it. I hope all of these teachers will get a break from these unsupervised kids and I also hope parents will actually pull their shit together and actually be a goddamn parent.

[@joyasaxena9976]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this! I’m proud of you for being a leader at your age. We need more people in your generation like you; kind, considerate, and empathetic to people.

[@valentinaraffaelli7291]

what's crazier is in my history class... white children are saying the N word straight up in front of the teacher, and they do nothing about it.what. the. hell.

[@thedrivinglife]

another problem is how no one is doing anything to punish these kids! They do bad things & get away with it, so they think its not actually that bad & will continue to do it!

[@ilie-marianbaciu7091]

I am in 8th grade, and mostly the same. I even have a classmate who said her dream is to be a prostitute in Germany, in front of the french teacher, although im not 100% sure if she was serious (but knowing her, i dont doubt either)

[@Distelmann]

Thats why i love the german education system: we got 2 types of Highschool, the Gemeinschaftsschule (community school) and the Gymnasium The Gymnasium is more challenging but we also do really cool student exchanges ( my school, Lyon, la réunion (both france)Balbriggan(Ireland) Bari(Italy)) and the final graduation test (Abitur) is the same at all Highschools so you have it easier at the end and the best part about it is that is a public school that just turned 200 years old

[@anat0la]

As someone who has danced competitively since age seven, that ballet teacher’s video was heartbreaking. Growing up, I had very kind teachers, and I had so much respect for them. When I was very little, I was hanging onto every word they said. Those beautiful ballerinas and teachers were like mothers to me, and I have so much respect and gratitude to them for that. However if I ever told them to shut up or “yOure not my mom” they would have pulled me from the routine we were practicing or asked to have my mum pick me up. I hated this as a child, but looking back I am very grateful that they taught me discipline and character, as well as dance. P.S - Miss Aimee, miss you so much and I hope you’re doing AWESOME! Congrats on having your baby daughter and I’m so excited for you to come back in the studio in a few months.

[@callmecharlie99]

I did ballet too and thought my teacher was the most graceful lady on earth. She used to be a professional ballerina and was elegant and composed. I wasn't good enough to go en pointe, but I still appreciated her efforts to teach me. If I would have said anything like that to my teachers, I would not only be ashamed, but my parents would have disciplined me (as they should have).

[@novasiri7809]

Holy shit.. I'm a Millennial, and I'm also an avid TTRPG DM/Player and general role-player. The fact I can sit down, spend hours working on the next plot for my Campaign, or typing out an RP response for a friend felt so silly.. But knowing this new generation can't even write a single proper sentence.. When I find writing for long periods of time to be relaxing and a breeze? Holy shit dude...

[@Cookiesndcakeacc]

My old teacher teaches the 7th grade, not one of her students knew to start a sentence with a capital letter or end it with a punctuation mark. 😕

[@heath6802]

I remember my mom teaching me to read at 3 and my love for reading only intensified as I aged and had access to more complicated books. To me that says parents are totally uninvolved in their children’s education. Kids don’t learn all by themselves! And teachers have so many to juggle in average sized schools

[@vegetashairline3060]

Same here, by the 5th grade me and my best friend were reading The Lord of The Rings in it's in entirety in our free time, and discussing the differences between the books and the movies. I can't even imagine not being able to read at all, and we were average students at our local public school!

[@steelgames1385]

I’m from Canada and I can confirm that something like this is also happening. I was able to read the entire Harry Potter saga and understand it when I was in primary school. Nowadays when I talk to kids this young, they can’t even have meaningful conversations with me (not all of them, but most of them) and they say that they don’t want to read their 50 pages books because they are too boring. I was lucky to only get a phone when I turned 16. Now, most kids have one by the time they are ten. Honestly I’m really scared for the future. How will we be able to do anything regarding important thing like climat change if most of the population can’t understand or pay attention to anything?

[@steelgames1385]

On top of that, kids that need help are put in the same class as other kids, and class are becoming bigger and bigger. Honestly, I don’t know how humanity will survive the next hundred year. I also fear for things like democracy, the few that won’t be moron will probably not all be good people. If Hitler was able to convince an entire nation to commit atrocities, I don’t think that it will be that hard to convince people that are the equivalent of 7 grader mentally to commit atrocities. There is a movie named the Wave that illustrate that kind of process and how easily it can happen.

[@maxipaddvideos]

Same, I mean I was lost in books. I bet if my parents left at a restaurant and I was reading a book I probably wouldn’t notice.

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

I mean, the lack of reading among kids is also due to the fact that it is MUCH harder to find a book that a kid might enjoy, over something like a movie or game. You can see snippets of gameplay, or a trailer for a movie, anywhere, but there just isn't that kind of thing for books. Scholastic book fair trailers, maybe, but nothing like a movie trailer or anything. Back of the book descriptions don't really help, either, as some don't even talk about the book, and just show reviews. That's not even mentioning the fact that stores don't really have that great of collections, and book stores are becoming rarer and rarer. Kids just aren't exposed to as many books as before. It's a problem not just with the kids or parents, but with the marketing and production of books. I think, if I had to suggest a solution, an Ebook service in the same vein as Netflix, with detailed descriptions of the novels, would genuinely help in this regard. Kindle Unlimited, while being decent, REALLY suffers from Amazon having the worst web design I have seen, which limits exposure to the novels greatly. Something actually well made would be a godsend, alongside good tablets for reading E-books for cheap.

[@Stoove.]

I work as an actor on a ship. It’s getting much harder to get kids to participate in activities. They’ll be on a freaking pirate ship sailing in an area that has some of the most beautiful sunsets on my side of the country, we do foam sword fights and even a water gun war. A good portion don’t even know what’s happening during the show because they’re on their iPads. They’re less social, and they don’t speak much, even to their parents. I’ve been told many times by parents to give up on trying to include their kids in the activities because “he/she doesn’t like to put the iPad down.” I’ve been yelled at by a drunk father for suggesting to his kid that he should look up from his phone to see the dolphins by the ship. Please don’t raise your kids on iPads. They’ll find no interest in anything beyond it.

[@essennagerry]

How are we not completely and utterly seeing this as a drug idk

[@tenshimoon]

That's scary, and I seriously don't know how these so-called parents let it get this bad, but here we are. I don't have kids because I really don't care to, but damn even I know "common" sense is not letting your kid play on electronics all damn day every day. It's not unreasonable to just schedule a MFing outing WITHOUT electronics and to leave them at home when you take your kids travelling or on outings like your pirate ship show. Take the damn iPads away or hell even ground them from it for a day or more if they're misbehaving, and set boundaries for how many hours each day they're allowed to use them. It's really not that hard to establish some sensible gd rules.

[@WantDabloons]

I’m in the fourth grade and on a grade level above the curriculum that my schools teaching this should be the normal. When I was in the gifted class there were 20 kids.

[@hotrodmercury3941]

Those pirate ships made my childhood when I was growing up ❤ I went every year to Gasparilla up until I moved my home state. Just a pirate lover to a fellow pirate, sail them seas ❤ On the flip side of things, I see it too. I don't work with kids, but I see it with my cousins and my friends kids. Its like they are afraid to take it away and make their kids play outside. I went camping with my extended family. They all came up to TN to a nice cabin I rented out. We were literally in the most beautiful place you could ever see. I know it might not appeal the same to a kid. Though I vividly remember going to Helen, Georgia as a kid and loving it, wanting to go back to it to play in the streams, see the bears, ride the carriage, eat the delicious fudge and play around the cabin. You'd think these kids would actually enjoy something new for a change. The youngest sat on his dad's phone all day, then tried to play on the switch. The oldest went around and explored, got bored and went to fighting with the youngest over the switch. The middle child had herself a android tablet. Played games the entire time, didn't even look up for a second. I tried to make games so they could play and have fun. Hide and seek, or let's go see a stream and go fishing and do all these things. they would put up a fight about leaving, take their stuff with them. We would show up to the location, they didn't want to do anything regarding it. When the youngest's fathers phone died, he cried and threw a hissy fit on the ground. I'm not good with children but I really struggled and tried to be nice. Got fed up the mean older sibling came out and I told him to sit down and shut up. My younger sister (17) came down to see how we were doing and ended up taking all three of them away. They went and told their parents how I was so mean and terrible to them. My lil brother (15) came down to me and we talked about it. "It bothers me too and Uncle XYZ won't fucking do shit about it. Like dude we are literally in Tennessee! Its beautiful out here!" That night the father took away all the electronics because they had died and the kids kept begging for the chargers like addicts. They screamed, threw fits, cried almost all night. The next day my Uncle said he bought a hotel room several miles in town so the kids would give us a break on the screaming. My mom, siblings and I had a nice vacation though. They did not.

[@Luckydog-cc9jn]

@@WantDabloonsThat’s genuinely scary. I couldn’t imagine being a teacher nowadays…in the US at least…

[@camtbg7888]

i'm so exponentially glad that i just barely passed as a gen z instead of alpha and am actually preforming at grade level in 7th grade 💪💪💪

[@Tamago443]

Same, and with hispanic parenting accounting for corporal punishment, I've been able to preform above grade in some classes.

[@MANDY_MURDER]

I feel ashamed of my own generation. Genuinely.

[@CookieRunLee]

I’m a seventh grader currently, and I can attest to this. Most of my classmates can’t read a portion in a book we are reading without struggling. They won’t even let my Spanish teacher teach and now she wants to quit. And then they act like they did nothing. I feel bad for the future generations that will have to deal with adults who never truly passed the fourth grade.

[@V0lcan000]

I had this experience 7 years ago. It's not new, the working conditions for teachers have been bad for a while. It's about the parents not spending enough time to care for their kids, leaving some more behind than others

[@user-vk4gm2qe3c]

Throwing rocks and hiding hands is a tale as old as time

[@Big-Chungus21]

Thats crazy, people who are my age as kids remember picking out books at the school library and being excited to read them by the next week. 😅 Though I remember in the first secondary school I went to in year 7, kids were really disruptive though this wouldnt have been from phones / social media, as most people around then would have been getting their very first smartphone.

[@starrpawz1385]

I'm also a seventh grader, and the majority of my classmates are reading on a first grade level. FIRST. GRADE. There's also very few students (including me) on an eighth grade reading level.

[@CookieRunLee]

@@starrpawz1385 :(

[@Alana1997]

My son missed half his playschool and most of his primary 1 year of school due to lockdown (age 4-5), by primary 2 he was struggling to read and write. No matter what I did at home, the remote learning and all the books I had, wasn't sinking in for him. I explained my concerns when he reached Primary 3 (6-7 years old) and he still couldn't seem to read and write properly. I have no idea how that teacher did it, but within a few months he could read and write according to his age level and is now in primary 4 (7-8 years old) and performing normally. Unfortunately they ended up letting this fantastic teacher go due to budget cuts and the parents were devastated. You have to work WITH your child's teacher and I definitely regret having my child play video games on a tablet so young, as I believe it is a contributing factor to his attention problems.

[@bradleybrown8428]

Try and get out more if you can.

[@just_a_silly_weenie008]

Try and set limits. Half an hour tablet time, 45 minutes. 30 minutes tablet time then another activity (reading, playing with toys) for 10-30 mins. Good luck with your parenting journey❤

[@random_something1852]

@@just_a_silly_weenie008 you’ll just have to remember to enforce them yourself, since anyone over the age of 8 can easily bypass the built-in iPad parental controls.

[@just_a_silly_weenie008]

@@random_something1852 that too! I forgot, but those are also important. Thanks for the reminder 😅

[@ville__]

Didn't ask+ I'm better than Haley so deal with it

[@pvjunior]

14:43 "i mean if yall cant handle.. i dont know what you want me to do" those parents...... arent even parents

[@jamesmarie]

Reading is fundamental. It's comprehending what you just read.

[@ViviJoooooo]

Just came across this video and I have to agree so hard. My 13 year old niece cannot for the life of her, put together an entire sentence, her vocabulary is so bad she's constantly looking for words. And I'm not talking about difficult words or specific definitions I'm talking about day to day small talk. She uses the filler word "uh" MORE than her actual vocabulary. And it's all thanks to my sister giving her a screen from a very young age and never restricting her whatsoever. Her grades are HORRIBLE and she has no attention span whatsoever. Whenever she gets frustrated or isn't good at school material immediately, she quits entirely and doesn't wanna work anymore. At this point her reading level is embarrassing for a girl her age and no matter how many times we try and reason with her, to study more and try to keep up, she just doesn't wanna listen cause "I don't need to I've got a phone".

[@Sunshine.LeBron23]

As a 2010 Gen Z, I grew up on Nick jr. Sesame street and PBS kids. I also touched grass and didn't have an iPad until i was 11. It is sad to see how a person 1 year younger than me has less of a vocabulary than I did at that age.

[@SELAMAQ123]

İ am a 2010 gen z too and i remember being on the street all day with the neighbors kids.I had an tablet and i was using it whenever the neighbors kids wasnt here or watch some goofy minecraft videos bruh​@@Sunshine.LeBron23

[@Gigi0990]

@@Sunshine.LeBron23same 2010

[@daisy.stylessz1]

I’m literally the same age - if not younger - than this person and this is shocking. I can’t believe somebody not being able to put together a sentence at the age of like 7, LET ALONE 13. Years. Old. It is stupid for kids to not be able to read, I grew up with a tablet and iPod, then moving on to iPads and phones, but I couldn’t imagine not being able to read, write or speak properly, I’m genuinely disappointed in my generation 😢😔

[@LurkingintheShadows_1]

@@Sunshine.LeBron23 Hey, I am born in 2010 too! I'm finally allowed to be on any social media! It's really peculiar upon how my some of my peers are just... Illiterate. I find it difficult to cooperate with my group mates because I somehow always end up doing everything in our group activities when it's towards literature, writing, and just English in general. Not only English, but also Science and Math. I literally could not latch on how they can not even form simple sentences that are basically in the level of Grade 1. On the side note, English is not our mother tongue, but come on! WE'RE IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL! I apologize if I burst out outrageously, but I just couldn't grasp this new reality.

[@nerdypenguin9164]

This genuinely makes me want to sob in pity and anger. These poor kids are doomed.

[@Aisha-Nyxn]

LITERALLY SAME!!! The sadness and absolute genuine worry and concern I have for Gen Alpha just... CAN'T BE UNERESTIMATED!!

[@ConservativeGrouch]

@@Aisha-Nyxn Well, I'm past my sixties, and I still can't read or write in Russian or Polish.

[@Aisha-Nyxn]

@@ConservativeGrouch I see... but this is different. Some kids being given their electronics too early and then suffering developmental issues as a result :(

[@ashisthecoolest]

@@Aisha-Nyxn dont give up hope theres gen alpha that can read!

[@Aisha-Nyxn]

@@ashisthecoolest I know and I'm glad there is :)