Teachers Are Fed Up Of DUMB Gen Z Kids..

[@johnnyklash5883]

The worst thing isn't that they are dumb, the worst thing is that they think they are smart.

[@idkwhy77]

Nah they think they cool

[@roliuu]

if somebody is dumb, they will think they are smart, its natural

[@akira8393]

dont worry, they may cant read and have basic thinking and all, but at least they are sure to address the right pronouns and do proper blowjobs

[@yeti_can_game]

True. If I had a penny for every idiot I’ve ever met who thinks they’re geniuses I’d have enough to pay for their college education.

[@SoraFan23]

This is what happens when kids spent too much time on Social Media and the lack of parenting is to blame.

[@bigthonk4904]

As an old zoomer (23) I’m grateful my parents didn’t get me a phone until I was like 14 and forced me to read books and play outside over the summer as a child. Kids are getting legitimate brain damage from staring at tablets for hours during their most important early developmental years

[@apprentice_jedi]

I only had an IPod Touch in 6th grade through JOM and didn’t get my first phone until High School.

[@stephenfritz7493]

​​@@apprentice_jedijohnson o'mally? I found the Oklahoman Edit: Native American anyway. Do they have JOM in other states?

[@apprentice_jedi]

@@stephenfritz7493 I don’t think so, but maybe. I think it’s a local thing

[@Iheartmefr]

lol my parents had to force me outside bc I'd be too busy reading inside.

[@hughtaggart565]

Lol i didn't get a phone until i was 18

[@jacknitro9163]

I'm a 10th-grade History teacher and have noticed a significant decline in student's abilities in my 7 years of teaching. The lockdowns caused irreparable damage to their social and scholastic skills. 90% of my students are at least 2 years below grade level in reading and writing. Edit: For those who replied that I am making excuses for students by blaming the COVID lockdowns, I'd like to clarify my POV. It was not the "lockdowns" per se. The biggest culprit of the learning loss was the online classes using Zoom and Google Classroom. This type of learning disproportionally affected students with learning disabilities or mental health issues. Besides a few students per class, most of them lost 2+ years of academics. Online learning is a joke, especially for younger students (below 11th grade). 75% of my students come from single-parent households as well. So while my students were home alone all day, their caregiver(s) were working multiple jobs to stay afloat and unable to monitor if their child was attending class. Most of the students were on social media or playing video games all day, instead of doing their classwork. They had no support from their parents/caregivers when they needed it the most. Thanks to all who commented though, I enjoy reading the variety of opinions on this issue!

[@jasonjones4036]

Thank you for teaching, especially history

[@davemccombs]

The lockdowns, lol. Stop.

[@TheArsonistGamer]

lockdowns 💀 like it isn't the kids watching TikTok for 9 hours a day which reduces their attention span to 60 seconds making them not able to learn anything.

[@Gromud]

@@TheArsonistGamerlock down fucked people up, I for example nearly failed because I can’t focus at home

[@TheArsonistGamer]

@@Gromud are you talking about the covid 19 QUARINTINE??? Is that what you mean when you say LOCKDOWN?

[@jesseorellana5339]

I'll say this as a secondary education teacher: I've taught at schools of all levels, of all different backgrounds. Students who KNOW they're not the brightest try the hardest I've ever seen. Those are the kids that have NO IDEA how ahead of everyone else they are. Students that are "Oh! My school has advanced placement, a medical program, and an engineering department! I'm OBVIOUSLY a genius!" Report cards go home and we got BOMBARDED with parents saying "How can my GENIUS offspring be failing?!" We need to foster a system where dedication and work ethic is fostered. With America, our education system is like a factory. You would think my job is to teach. I would say that's about 35% my job. 60% of my job is to document proof of learning (which usually involves assigning work, designing tests, grading work, documenting behavior, documenting attendance, documenting whether students are using resources that we are legally obligated to provide, etc.). As a result, I have become damn good at paperwork. The current system is why I advocate for trade schools at a high school level (go ahead and look up CTE programs. They saved my brother from not getting a high school degree since he did not behave well in a classroom setting. Building Trades was his favorite "class"). Also... kids. We REALLY don't want to fill out behavior reports. It's a mess, requires a TON of work on our part, and makes us sad. We REALLY don't want to make your life hard. But we would like a LITTLE bit of effort. And for you not to be cruel to us or your classmates (And if you do not know your actions or words were bad, that's ok! Warnings are a thing! But you would be flabbergasted at how many times kids have tried to justify bullying, fighting, and hateful rhetoric).

[@Misspleled]

What about the other 5%?

[@MichelleLyn84]

Not necessarily related but sounds a lot like the medical field. 3/4 documentation and reporting and 1/4 of actual discussion and care. A lot of providers say the same thing. It’s like a factory. We are all just factory workers.

[@jesseorellana5339]

@@Misspleled Meetings

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

Maybe you should be asking your Primary school colleagues why they aren't teaching their pupils anything. They could try sticking to reading, writing and arithmetic, and dropping all the other time wasting rubbish they do. Maybe you could ask why there are no consequences for bad behaviour. For example, do YOU support corporal punishment, standdowns or expelling bad students. In all likelihood, there is your problem. You, and the rest of the teaching community, built the environment you are now complaining about. And still blaming co vi d after all this time is so passe.

[@jcantsleep]

it literally makes me want to not go into the education field. the worst part is when you call the parents, they refuse to take accountability and somehow it’s your fault.

[@ashleybrown8488]

Yeah to some parents school is daycare.

[@JackieOwl94]

The stupidity of this current generation was why I LEFT the field. Don’t go!

[@bigcut695]

@@ashleybrown8488yea i was telling my grandmother that and I had similar experiences (23 rn) and it’s what it is

[@sephiroth8377]

​​​​​@@ashleybrown8488 That's what school is now. My kid comes home with homework on Math, science and English but asking her what she did at school is usually met with "sports, drama, music, art" and so on So now, instead of going to work from 4am to 4pm with an hour or 2 hanging out with my kid, I now have to spend that hour or 2 doing what teachers are paid to do but won't do. So yes, school has degraded itself to a day care now and is one of the main driving factors into home schooling (besides schools teaching sexual content and ideologies to children, which is a thing now for some reason) And speaking from experience, if you pull your kid out of school once a week to get a real education with a specialist, the department of education will fine you thousands of dollars, which is weird if you ask me, because it implies the department of education doesn't want the children to actually learn or be smart, seems they want to generate more complacent "yes men" for society

[@Cheesenipz97]

Im thankful to be just old enough to have experienced when kids actually went outside 😂

[@Niraansrivastava]

As a gen z member currently in school, I fully understand the teachers

[@JosephJoestar69420]

Same, the kids in my elementary school were mixed from idiots to really nice people ( mainly idiots ) so it makes sense ( I am no longer in elementary btw ) also BAN TIKTOK I HATE IT KZbin IS BETTER IN EVERY WAY Edit: Most likes on a pegaSUS video 88 likes currently Also as a gen -z- alpha I can confirm gen z and my generation are full of failures and I am on the path of becoming a failure too because I may have gotten honor roll last year but I still barely passed my test because of my low attention span

[@tonkmann]

I have tablemates in my 9th grade science class who STILL don't know the difference between the dependent and independent variables.

[@Niraansrivastava]

Bro there were a considerable amount of kids in my 8th grade class who thought any number multiplied by zero is itself (so they thought 5x0=5) I remember because the teacher spent a whole lecture explaining it

[@MortalChamp]

as a Gen z junior in high school, I can confirm that there is still idiots even in the older grades

[@YOUR_NARRATOR975]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the split systems in the shop are smarter than the students here (I'm worried for the future of HVAC)

[@ThatBlueRascal]

As a gen z still in school, I have personally avoided stuff like Tiktok a ton. The first time I ever heard of it gave me such a terrible impression on the platform, and I'm super glad that I don't watch that stuff too often.

[@macezunner8559]

bro ive avoided tiktok like the pleague

[@desmondong4331]

@@macezunner8559tik tok is the plague if not worse…

[@manfacepfp9]

​@@macezunner8559same

[@excursionsz]

tiktok isnt THAT bad, when you first sign in its obviously shit cuz the algorithm isnt tailored to your liking yet, but when it does it becomes great. My FYP is just radiohead and pink floyd memes. I'm still able to do shit like listen to an album while in bed staring at the ceiling but thats probs cuz i dont use tiktok that much

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

My advice from me to you: You can have social media, but keep usage to a minimum. I have facebook, i never post on it. The only "posts" ive made are when i change my profile picture, and it forces me to post that anyways. Never download TikTok. Enough said. Avoid popular apps. Hell, even shit like popular mobile games, you should avoid if your friends keep telling you yo get it. Some games are okay. Jetpack Joyride, Subway Surfers, those are fine. But games like Clash Royale that encourage you to return every day? Stay away. Do your homework. If you procrastinate, break that habit NOW, like, fucking NOW. Im in college, i still have this habit and it bites me in the ass. You get an assignment? Put that shit down in an agenda, review your agenda every day as soon as you get home, then try to finish your homework that same day. If you can't, that's okay, you can finish it tomorrow. DON'T let it pile

[@TrapeZoid_-117]

As someone who was homeschooled, I do agree with you on homeschooling. My parents didn’t even do that much to educate me, they literally just got some textbooks and told me to read them. Then they decided that I needed to go to High School to develop my social skills. It was hilarious, I literally didn’t know much of the required information going in, and I still excelled in the classes. Like, the only reason I wasn’t the Valedictorian was because I graduated a year early and the District had a policy that the Valedictorian needed to attend school in the district for 4 years minimum. The modern US education system doesn’t teach people *how* to learn, it teaches them *what* to learn. The guys I knew spent their entire lives in public school and literally could not grasp basic math, English, or history concepts. Meanwhile, I waltzed in with no education and figured it out almost immediately.

[@youkilledma1211]

thats kinda what I went through. but I did get a good homeschooled education in my formative years.

[@Meow4B]

I don’t know, I’m Gen X and the way we did math was we memorized. We all make fun of that weird math that you guys do but that’s actually teaching you how to do it in your head.

[@MegaMagicdog]

@@Meow4B That's actually how math USED to be taught! Before calculators came along, math calculations were either down by writing them down or in one's head.

[@MegaMagicdog]

Homeschooling seems to be demonized in various circles, even though it shouldn't. I can't speak to your experience because typically it's a process of finding out what works and what doesn't for your children. Some parents may mistakenly think that bringing the school experience home is correct but rarely is. This sounds like what your parents did.

[@rutyqutykandi1361]

@@MegaMagicdog I feel like its partly demonized because on the opposite spectrum you have parents that do the weird un-schooling home school. Yes, that's as dumb as it sounds. Basically the idea is the kids teach themselves by picking what to learn. The problem is they aren't forced to pick anything because the parents view it as disrupting their learning. So instead you have a bunch of kids doing whatever and never being made to learn anything because the parents end up doing everything for them.

[@mattr2626]

No joke, my dad just quit being a middle school teacher like literally 4 days ago because he was so sick and tired of the kids not knowing basic math/writing skills, and acting up in class. Gonna be a rough few years ahead of us

[@jkjkrandom]

Over the last 10 years both of my parents quit teaching first year university classes because of the students

[@cloroxart]

No but it’s actually crazy how many teachers are leaving. Four of my teachers in middle school left the same year and were amazing teachers, they were so sick of us lol. I feel really bad, I think most of them went to better schools and I hope their doing well tbh

[@jenny6609]

Yes! I was born in 2009, but I'm Fully aware how dumb kids my age are, I don't really I'm dumb, infact I get pretty high scores on (online) iq tests, not official so maybe don't mean a lot, but, yeah I don't like being in this group

[@IPYJ_GD]

I don't know. As someone who lives in Asia, everyone here gets the impression that it is only westerners who are like this.

[@vanhattfield8292]

Did he blame the kids or the teachers who were responsible for teaching them in the earlier grades? I am curious as to whether he felt like the kids were unteachable or if he felt that it is a problem with the system.

[@keeneire]

I've worked children for a couple years now, and there has definitely been a drop with parent involvement with their childrens education. So many parents have said things like, "I don't want to FORCE them to do xyz" that has resulted their 10 year old barely able to read kindergarten books, or their 7 year old still wearing pull ups. So many parents have mentally checked out while being constantly distracted by their phones, social media, content, etc.

[@sianais]

Then when their kids hit a real roadblock instead of the many ignored speed bumps, they expect years of neglect to be fixed by a teacher who got handed off dozens of struggling kids because politians, administrators, and those parents themselves were more concerned with their children looking like they're progressing even if they need to be held back. They can't add properly, they can barely read, but they'll somehow magically be able to do multiplication, and do worded math problems, etc. in the grades they're not ready to enter. It's insane. If a teacher or school is failing your kid, why did you only start paying attention when it's so late? Parents need to ask themselves that because only blaming teachers won't solve the main reason this stuff was allowed to get so bad.

[@cranburrey]

That’s why I’m grateful that I have African parents

[@xanderflynn3434]

This is what I've been trying to explain for so long. We keep blaming the children and saying their ''addicted'' but they didnt buy that phone or tablet for themselves, they didnt ask to be ignored for facebook or work or whatever else shitty excuse parents pull. Parenting is at an all time low and yet here we are still blaming the children

[@yoleeisbored]

But both parents nowadays have to work alot they don't have any time

[@xanderflynn3434]

@@yoleeisbored then dont have children if you dont have time. ''Having work'' is a crappy excuse, its not like you have a child and then just ignore them.

[@paulhoulton638]

I live in the UK. My daughter is 11. She cannot tell time on any time piece not analogue or digital. We as her parents have now started to teach her general basics. Upon asking her teacher we discovered many basics of day to day life are now missing for their curriculum.

[@reubenmanzo2054]

"Not analogue or digital", what sort of time piece does that leave?

[@paulhoulton638]

@@reubenmanzo2054 people often suggest 1 or the other when I explain this difficultly. *sigh* There's always solar, tidal and sand pieces or even the far more natural seasons. 😃 😀 😄 I wonder if she's smart enough to read a binary watch I know I'm not but some people can.

[@xliqn.ae0]

​@@paulhoulton638so basically you are implying?

[@paulhoulton638]

@@reubenmanzo2054 binary

[@reubenmanzo2054]

@@paulhoulton638 What's a binary watch?

[@Umbra-oj2vk]

I absolutely hate seeing this happening to my generation. Being born in the early 2000s and seeing what is becoming of the generation I am supposed to be appart of hurts me.

[@green29373]

Yes, the early 2000s when i was born too, its the kids who are after 2010, thats when it starts going downhill.

[@Umbra-oj2vk]

@@green29373 I don't know I've seen some people that are our age still being this idiotic. I remember hearing one guy say "lice don't go for people with long hair", and of course a bunch of random stuff that makes no sense. I feel like there is a whole section of the early 2000 kids that are the intelligent ones and then the others that are more like the 2010 kids.

[@green29373]

@@Umbra-oj2vk agreed, there are quite a few dull lightbulbs in your generation maybe a little more then average , its just that it is starting to ramp up every year.

[@Umbra-oj2vk]

@@green29373 Oh 100% we can see it now and how it's starting to snowball.

[@SabreVellerium]

I was born in 2002, there is only a few of my generation that's actually smart.. i'm not smart myself but smarter than most..

[@beloved-child]

"These kids are self diagnosing with the worst disease of all.....Cringe." I felt that. Very well put.

[@cameronlittle7298]

I hate people it’s self diagnose. Go to a fucking medical provider so you know what’s actually fucking wrong with you if there is anything wrong with you that’s all reason why I know I’m just graphic and I have to use voice dictate her all the time because I went to a fucking medical provider cause I couldn’t even spell my name for 15 fucking years and they figured out I am disgraphic.

[@SomeRandomGirl24]

The worse disease

[@JamMicknee]

People don't get dumber, its just easier to for idiots to talk to spread their retardedness.

[@sonialinsey8083]

Oh yeah my cousin is “autistic” and “trans” and “bpd” not diagnosed by anyone. I asked if they did/would see a therapist and they said no lol. I can’t help you, lol.

[@KikoUzamaki]

Wow

[@Jerry-ej9hn]

As someone who is currently in high school, it’s sickening to see how little people care anymore and how silent the class is in every single period.

[@cryptic7844]

That’s what I’m saying’s. It can feel like you have to answer because nobody cares enough to asks questions

[@Twiddle_things]

Doesn't help how diarrhea the education system is. So the kids get EVEN MORE dumb

[@theironrubberduck]

Yeah, its a noticable difference. I'm currently in a freshman class somehow because I was put in there, or I somehow haven't completed it during my freshman year, which was during covid, but I'm in a classroom full of current day freshman. Most of them won't answer questions unless they're called on, and even so they'll say I don't know. I'm not sure if I just care too much or if this has anything to do with them being a new generation of freshman.

[@ked49]

We are not dumb we fear failure. And that is a result of stupidity like this comment section and video. Content that goes viral is people being humiliated. We lack confidence. All the kids at my school are smart. The smartest kids have stopped asking questions for exactly the reasons stated above. Also if you were to read the actual article talking about in the video it said gen alpha was the stupid ones not gen z

[@Changingtesting]

Thankfully I just graduated high school but, seriously, the classes were just dead silent and you always had those girls in the back of the lab room making TikToks, it’s actually really sad. I’m glad to be born in 2004 but anyone born past 2010 I truly worry about (and that’s being generous). Sad to know the youth, babies and like preteens are going to be plagued by the internet and especially social media. It’s sad. If I ever have kids they are going to get as much early 2000s’ childhood as I can possibly give them. And on another note, I can tell that yt shorts and reels have made my attention span much lower, back in 2019-2021 I was able to watch yt videos that were 40+ minutes long, now I can barely watch a 20 minute one and back then I could sit and focus in a class for hours but now I can barely stay focused for even 10 minutes. It’s painfully annoying

[@idhsisihdjs5106]

In the 1900s people were expecting flying cars and all that other stuff. Instead we got brainrot and skibidi toilet 😭

[@MinnieWorld-vy2uo]

and 1M different pronouns

[@Wheat_Land]

@@MinnieWorld-vy2uoAND a billion different sexual attractions

[@gabrielho1874]

No flying cars. With this type of intelligence, we will not have accidental non-terrorism with commercially available flying cars

[@ricardolanderos1445]

How is it 2024

[@CaulkMongler]

People really overestimate the actual power teachers have over their classes. You can’t *force* a child to do their work, you can’t force them to respect the teacher or respect the concept of learning. On top of that, you have parents that think their kids are absolute angels and if you can get the parent on the same page you’re never gonna change their minds around learning and education.

[@crowmaster9652]

behavior issues then you have classroom management then you have to suckle to the principal/district the whole system broke

[@richardtaylor5670]

They could start failing them instead of passing them off on the next teacher

[@crowmaster9652]

@@richardtaylor5670 but that would look bad for the school if there is a failure rate meaning the school won't get funds from the state if they look bad

[@richardtaylor5670]

@crowmaster9652 of they cant manage to do their jobs then we shouldn't be throwing cash at them anyway

[@crowmaster9652]

@@richardtaylor5670 but you see they are doing their jobs according to what the state department wants because the state dictates how education flows and if certain people are voted in you can tell what type of narr ayteeve they will have

[@galaxygoat3768]

I remember being really bad at math but then my dad took it under his belt and taught me absolutely everything in math. I became very good at it and I can tell you if my dad didn’t take responsibility for it then idk where I would be. The fault is not only the education systems but also the parents, take matters into your own hands and educate them

[@TheNightlyToastMuncher]

W dad

[@volaradmackey4307]

Sadly I didn’t get this… I’m in 10th grade and I am at 2-4th grade math level, (no joke it’s that bad, I cant even solve simple problems) however I excel in English to the point the school recommends me to go to a college and maybe become a English teacher. I do good in every other class. I just have iep for math.

[@theceoofeggmansempire5214]

​@@volaradmackey4307Tbh i'm sh*t in math but good at english. I study philology in university & no matter how much my grandpa, school & dozens of extra math lessons tried to help me, i'm just bad at it I used to be good at it in elementary school

[@shadowfluff2255]

My parents never had anything above basic multiplication and division. I just Google KZbin videos of the math lessons I need.

[@shadowfluff2255]

​@@volaradmackey4307only thing I can do is up to 7th grade level math and anything beyond that has to be coordinate plains.

[@QUINSYlarynx]

During my time, high school students were segregated into groups based on their academic performance. The teachers assigned to the high-scorer groups were different from those assigned to the lagging groups. The rate of teaching was much higher for the former group than the latter. This was done to ensure that a high performer's learning experience isn't affected by a mid-performer. It was also a way for the school to groom top performers for acceptance into top colleges and use this to promote their school in the district.

[@hbalint1000]

It's actually a common practice in some places in Europe, for example the terminology for it is "differentiation" (differenciálás) in Hungary. We mainly do it with foreign languages, for example those fluent in English will most likely be separated from those that just started learning it in 1st/3rd/9th grade. Even though our education system is also pretty bad, the teacher training itself is pretty solid in this regard. The teachers know, the students know and even the parents know that not everyone is equally talented in everything and some people will hold others back just by requiring more attention from the teacher in order to catch up, even though that attention would do talented students a lot more good. But both of them need that attention for different reasons, therefore it is easier and a lot less time consuming to separate students based on ability and have them taught in different classes according to their needs.

[@QUINSYlarynx]

@@hbalint1000 I am going out on a limb with this. Is it possible for me to send my kids to a school in Europe? It could be Hungary, Poland, or a school in western Europe where the curriculum isn't tainted by multi culturalism, sexual material, or general wokeness. The school must prioritize academic performance and proficiency. I am an indian and I am planning on having kids. Indian education is being tainted with Hindu nationalistic ideals and I don't want my kids to be affected by it. I have always been impressed by western (Anglo Saxon/European) culture and values which is why the question.

[@mariejane1567]

@@QUINSYlarynxthere is no wokeness in school math stop being goofy

[@youreyesarebleeding1368]

@@mariejane1567 It's absolutely a real thing, links can't be placed in KZbin comments without the comment being hidden, but there are literally thousands of examples that you can find if you just do some due diligence. There are teachers who are bent on inserting their political beliefs into lesson plans and pushing that onto children. It's not every school, and in the grand scheme of things it might be pretty rare. But just the possibility is something that parents should be concerned about, and that's why we need more transparency in schools. Just because you went through school without experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I had unsupervised internet access throughout my entire childhood, and I never had an encounter with a groomer either; but that doesn't mean I'm going to give my children unsupervised access, even if they might not necessarily run into any danger, just because of that possibility. Survivorship bias.

[@TBButtSmoothy]

if you teach a fish how to climb a tree, it will forever believe he is a monkey.

[@Geromethegnomeva]

10:33 the public American education system in which made it mandatory for children to go to school, was around the Industrial Revolution in which made a huge demand for factory workers the whole time it was to suppress the people who were independent thinkers to later on force the American people into factories and the military.

[@XxCurtisxx751]

I’m so thankful that I was born at the end of the generation that wasn’t terminally online because having an attention span and determination to excel academically has done so much for my life. As a college student looking at how everyone is getting dumber really makes me worried about my kids later, hopefully this generation is a blip and we go back to the trend that we are progressively getting smarter.

[@itsaducklin]

Just raise your future kids to NEVER install tiktok or ever use shorts. Normal youtube is fine, but NEVER let them use shorts or tiktok.

[@XxCurtisxx751]

@SuitedGhost what I’m planning is to never let them have TikTok and when they’re younger give them a time limit on certain apps and if they start to do bad academically I’ll probably take away electronics or make them extremely limited. I want to make sure they know academics is very crucial to success and takes priority over entertainment.

[@jackieec]

Same.

[@itsaducklin]

@@XxCurtisxx751 Make sure you don't go too crazy with the time limit, give em a decent amount of break time but don't give them like 7 hours or something stupid

[@Isxiahprodfl]

If you parent your kids right then you won't need to worry , trust me. Kids are like sponge , they soak up what you tell them but will revert back to their normal selves.

[@PrussianPoe]

Back then, I thought only kids with learning disabilities or some other stuff that delayed their learning had this type of intelligence, now its becoming more and more common amongst kids due to social media.

[@rioluna6058]

believe or not lots of people think is not because the education or social media that this is happening but because of plastics and some other chemicals, . im sorry

[@generalgrievous3133]

​@@rioluna6058cough cough red 40 cough cough

[@Dondizle]

Kids' attention spans are pretty short as they are. But children really need to be learning the basics before they go to school, and as an opinion, not be watching brain melting content. I failed to concentrate for more than 10 minutes, and I was usually put in an activity group with the other kids like me, so we didn't have to learn literacy or maths with the others. This was in the 90s. If we were taught the same stuff, but in a different format, we probably would've learned it easily.

[@xanderflynn3434]

I know people like to say ''oh its social medias fault'' or ''its because you're always on that phone/laptop/whatever else." But we completely forget that children are dumb and have no self control. Where are the parents? The IQ has dropped because the parents stopped parenting.

[@VoiceOvaGuy]

Social media is definitely bad, but you gotta watch your kids food too. So many chemicals, preservatives, dyes, additives in western food that it's actually low level poisoning them. Multiple food dyes that are banned around the world are allowed here, dyes that specifically reduce attention spans. Funny how most colored candy use those exact dyes. Horrible, downright non-existent 'parenting' doesn't help either. Broken single parent homes abound. There are MANY problems leading children to under develop these days.

[@ComicallyCrazed]

As someone who is part of Gen z, I’m so disappointed in my generation 💀

[@takodaanderson7933]

I'm familiar with the feeling.

[@AmberStarfy]

​@@takodaanderson7933 Same, tbh. It's sad how much kids have devolved because of lazy parents. Teachers at my school started leaving once my and the next class joined the school.

[@Summerslide0978]

@@AmberStarfyAs sad as that is, just remember, it only gets worse. Gen alpha will pick up the lazy and dangerous habits of their parents. They’ll teach these habits to their children, and the cycle will continue. Each generation becoming lazier and stupider until natural selection starts kicking in on a mass scale.

[@remtanic2617]

The problem is that instead of holding kids back because they cant spell or write or anything the public school system just pushes kids ahead because they don't want to make the kids feel bad. It's bizarre.

[@amanda1500]

No Child Left Behind program seems to be working out😂

[@SJursa-ey4tt]

Saw video here, how disaster it was

[@janeviemuz524]

Theres not reason to hold by public education systems today. In this big world nobody has ability to change society, only his own offsprings. World gonna be lead by offsprings of nowaday smart people. I think, most important think to learn is, how to learn and teach learning. BTW. for example, me personally have only elementary school (10 years of compulsory school attendance in my country), I tried middle shool after that, but that was disquasting...

[@mattstarwolf-08]

I read a book that took place in a "dystopian future" [written in the fifties] where the government ends up getting equity and puts brain trackers in children so they all have the same IQ of sixty. and those who were already adults had special brain chips that disrupt the neural network to wreck their thought processes and concentration. It feels like this is coming true quicker than expected. This future was supposed to occur sixty years from now.

[@Rashomon69]

Plus, the teachers are afraid that THEY will look bad if their students fail.

[@phanomeon4836]

As a 10th grader from Australia, my school uses a system that ranks kids based on academic prowess (academic honours, avid, general, SEP). This ensures students are lumped into core classes in accordance to their academic skill; meaning, you won’t find clowns without a circus. I’m from the academic honours class. Whenever I have to go to a general class, I feel my heart fill with dread; every cliche and clique imaginable exists in these general classes. The loud Cheeto girls, the sigma male chads, the mean girls, etc. Going from a class of calm and reason to a class of chaos; it genuinely feels like you have to fend for yourself sometimes. Like please, leave me in the corner in peace. I just want to work alone. I’m always amazed how people aren’t embarrassed with their behaviour. Flunking classes to roam around school, wagging and taking a day off, being a dick when the teacher is teaching; where is your shame? It’s clearly wrong but you clearly don’t care; you aren’t growing popularity, you’re growing testicles on your forehead. When they try to justify or explain their actions on the cusp of consequences, they prey on your exhaustion and you being fed up with them to the point that you devolve from logic and speak their language. Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.

[@ink535]

I am a pretty smart guy and considered as a class clown, but it really shocks me how many people still don't understand intergers and basic algebra. Like I am not joking, 2 girls said 40 was the answer to 140÷10💀 They barely pay attention to class and then complain about not understanding. Like you learnt this stuff in 5th grade and still don't understand division. edit: I accidentally said "i am a pretty guy" instead of"(i am a pretty smart guy" *I am not pretty*

[@carrotdollars7363]

Yes!!! I took honors classes and all that, but I took10th grade regulars English to lighten the load... The amount of tomfoolery that would happen every day was indescribable. Kids were playing games on their chrome books, nobody was doing their homework or willing to pay attention. We were introduced to about 50 prepositional words at the beginning of the school year and there were still some students who only knew a couple by the end of the year. Every day objects were being thrown across the classroom, even when there were subs. Despite it being my easiest class, the environment made it way worse. Don't ever take a regulars/general class please... if you can.

[@DarkKnight-em7ue]

I'm the same as you, I was also from the honors class. Every time we needed to share a bus with the general class for a study tour, they always said, 'Ew, honors class, not fun,' and we were just like, 'What the heck?' The weirdest thing was when I was grouped with the general class for a club initiation. They struggled with '5 + 5 + 23 + 23 + 30 + 30 + 30 + 15 + 15.' Then they asked me, 'Hey, you're from the honors class, right? Do you know the answer?' I answered 176, and they were like, 'Wow, honor students do have different brains,' and I was like, 'What?' Then, I taught them how to use multiplication.

[@trash-chan5310]

lol who cares lighten up a bit kid, i flunked my classes in high school and i'm currently pursuing law in the top 1 university of my country🤷🏻‍♀ grades in high school is not everything, you may lump those kids into a stereotype and look down on them to feel superior and boost your ego just bc your an honor student and they're not but they are so much more than that!

[@ancientslav4863]

Leftist schools in the USA instead of history, science math, languages etc, push CRT, lgbtq stuff and talk about racisms and white man bad.... And also how a 8 yo girl can be a boy and that boys can bear children but that having kids is a conservative narrative and bad

[@nope5657]

As someone who works ins higher ed, this is also true for us. The amount of grown ass adults (18-25) who truly don't seem to comprehend basic instructions is staggering.

[@majormarz2325]

Maaan! I work in customer service, there’s a lot of people even older than that, who can’t follow simple instructions or even be bothered to read signs😂 It’s sad really

[@SgtJoeSmith]

its adults up to 40 even! millennials were stupid as phuck too!

[@janeviemuz524]

Look on it from that good way. Your offspring gonna rule the world.

[@louferrigno4712]

Ya because it's less white kids. Browns can never meet white standards.

[@mau345]

Hear hear

[@Gameout50]

tiktok needs to be banned. I 100% do not understand how unaware people are that tiktok is literally a chinese operation. It's a damn educational and hobbyist app for the chinese version.

[@Arnsteel634]

Amazes how many people don’t understand that tik tok is not a Chinese operation. Look up who owns it. The corporation that owns it and where it is located.

[@Gameout50]

​@@Arnsteel634 wow! bytedance has locations and investors in the US like blackrock. How shocking. jews and chinese. are you trying to say anything meaningful?

[@Arnsteel634]

@@Gameout50 Do you even know who their CEO is or where they are located

[@Gameout50]

@@Arnsteel634 thought the first comment got deleted, shou chew, singapore, heavy chinese influence. Again, what point are you making.

[@Arnsteel634]

@@Gameout50 every manufacturer in the world has ties to China. How dumb are you. I guess they all look the same to you. Singapore, Chinese. What’s the difference. He’s got no more ties to China than anyone else if not less

[@gregoriorolen0421]

As a Gen Z(born in 2000) graduated high school in 2018 I felt bad for these teachers having to deal with the dumb students. My high school teacher told me that only 40% of the students were able to graduate, so idk now if the percentage is still the same like my teacher told me. I gotta admit, during my junior year, I was struggling in my history class with an F, but good thing I manage to turn it around and studied more. Then I ended turning my overall grade from an F to B+ before the semester ended.

[@ohlesi910]

im ngl I failed history second semester of my junior year lukily I only needed 2 credits to graduate, so I can retake a history course this year and be able to graduate in time. I am in IB which is like ap but tedious AF not a excuse just made it hard to try and turn around my grade when every assignment took so much time

[@lizzyred3677]

I'm not gonna lie also my grades were really shit, but i know ive always had high reading and writing comprehension as well as other things. I do know I am shit at math. But I've always been so disinterested in school, but I've always cared about being intelligent and rational. But I also was not raised with technology and my disinterest in school was due to moving a lot It makes me afraid for the future to see people who just do not give a shit. Its nice not to have strict parents, but discipline so extremely important. I lacked discipline as a child and I really wish that I had better control over had habits and I didn't have to raise myself essentially. People are gonna have to work extremely hard in the future when they are stranded and was far behind

[@Andytlp]

@@lizzyred3677 Well at least you we're self aware. These younger generation kids are actually brain dead, no common sense either. One or two generations is a cause for alarm but if it keeps up like that...

[@paradiselost9946]

yay, you got a B+! now, can you tell me what you LEARNT in history? or is it all just misty vague recollections?

[@mikexhotmail]

Someone else's mistake that you don't need to learn the hard way yourself?@@paradiselost9946

[@titan7610]

Former middle and high school teacher here who happens to be Gen Z: This video could not have been more on point. Kids are absolutely different now than when I went to school. The biggest problem right now is the utter lack of motivation from students. My advice to people who want to teach is to think very hard about that decision, and if you still decide to, DO NOT MAJOR IN EDUCATION: major in something else in a field that you can see yourself working in and get certified through an outside agency.

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

@@Seitsuke1 Hard to have passion for a job that's not paying you a living wage. Especially in inner city schools where the attitudes are 20x worse.

[@casualamber]

69th like

[@casualamber]

I’m an early 2000s Gen Z kid. I have a unique approach. It’s a hybrid of “get the hell out until dinner” and “don’t leave my sight and stay at home”. I rather guide my future children, but also give them enough freedom to think for themselves. Despite being older gen z, I was never given the chance to think for myself. I always was forced to follow authority/influencers (community/political).

[@Tod_erwartet]

attack on titan7610

[@egg2535]

How are you gen Z and a former teacher? The oldest in gen Z are 26 and no way a 26 year old was a "former middle and high school teacher" so you're either lying about your age or about all of it

[@becca53444]

Having kids out of school for up to two years in some places from Covid shutdowns definitely hurt a lot. Nobody learns well online and most students barely paid attention to video lessons or stopped participating altogether. Otherwise, yes it’s definitely from parents not helping their kids anymore and relying on the school to raise their kids. My mom was teaching me how to read and write before I even entered kindergarten cause she wanted to make sure I was ready and could do my best. School isn’t enough on its own because you don’t know if your kid is actually paying any attention when you aren’t there to tell them to.

[@compositestechbb9087]

As a society we seem addicted to outsourcing everything when possible.

[@zedmiasma7304]

Many kids learn well online. K12 is obviously proof of this, and I’ve learned more from ONE YEAR of online school than all my years in public school. Problem is not kids having to do online schooling. Again it falls on the parents. When I did online schooling my dad took every video game phone and all and locked it in his room until I was done school. My niece would call me while she was doing online schooling while she was playing roblox. Again, it 100% fully falls on the parents. K-12 online schooling is not only free but they genuinely have the resources and ability teach. For 7th grade they sent me a f-ing microscope and chemistry set. In public school we didn’t even have a microscope and chemistry was never taught in any of the grades, even in highschool we didn’t have microscopes or chemistry classes. I remember clearly that one of the assignments was literally to get a booger from your nose and examine it under the microscope to teach us about cells. Again, it completely falls on the parents to take responsibility.

[@majsing_xd1032]

i taught myself english by watching youtube videos so idk what you're talking about when you say "nobody learns well online"

[@potato3959]

Nah online learning was the best you could have learned things while drinking tea, lying on bed or even listening to music, every class always should be online

[@DevoseSecret]

They're not relying on school to raise their children they're relying on school to teach their children that's why these schools get taxpayer dollars... Problem is the woke agenda Where they just want to turn the kids into activists and government minions the dumber they are the easier they are to control... I take it you've never heard of the color revolution of China

[@CVoYager]

As a a teacher I can say that our parents wouldn't say a thing if we come to their home and check if their kids did their homeworks for them, believe me they wouldn't , not every parent but most of them, millennial parents(my generation) don't want to deal with their kids. That is why they bought that smartphone for their kids in the first place, knowing full well that device would save them from their own kids all the while believing that they are being good parents for buying stuff for their kids, they would give their kids everything except a quality time with them.

[@DremsDream]

As a 7th grader public schooler (I was private in elementary) I can't tell you how mind boggling these guys are, they can't say something like "Among us", "Skibidi" etc. every 4 seconds, they're so hard to control in any group activity or project, they mostly don't do anything or just spend time to talk to more people like them. I cannot believe how big of a problem this generation is, counting in most adults and mostly kids.

[@yourtypicalcupoftea]

I’m also a 7th grader, but my class constantly says either “I need more boolets” or the n word. It’s impossible to ignore.

[@DemonKingOfSalvation9158]

You poor, poor children. As a 17 year old about to escape the hell called school, I offer you my sympathies.

[@mrqwerty1493]

​@@yourtypicalcupoftealitteraly my school

[@GreenLanternWillPower]

The fact you used a phrase in a parenthesis tells me you are much smarter than these children mentioned in the video.

[@Cycles42]

As another 7th grader, I agree. Many people in my elective classes are fucking STUPID. They think that their old trick of "oOOOoOooOoooHHHhHh (insert person here) liKeS yOu!!!1!1" still works, but I know for a fact it's a fucking lie. There was also this one time where I said "motherfucker" to somebody because he covered my screen and made me crash because I couldn't see the icon (I was playing Geometry Dash) AND HE THOUGHT I SAID THE N WORD WITH A HARD R, EVEN THOUGH WHAT I SAID SOUNDED NOTHING LIKE THAT! FUCKING HELL, MATE!

[@RedLeif1]

Part of it IS the parents. But it's also the education system's fault too, I remember my cousin, who was a teacher who had to leave recently for maternal reasons, telling me that she was told to pass elementary school students who were reading at a first grade level (she taught third grade) in order to help the school get more funding, and in order to keep the parents off the school's back. I know that schools and school districts expect results, but there are children who need real help who are not giving the best results. Instead of the schools trying to help these children, they instead pass them because it's easier to pass than to be inconvenienced or lose funding. It's too bad, these children's futures are being thrown out the windoe.

[@airreloads4152]

Window****

[@johnbradbury8610]

You have some schools that teach math is racist. The new attitude is if a student is failing, its not their fault, we need to make it easier and easier until they pass.

[@spikey0245]

Don‘t forget the sh*t public school lunches that have zero nutrition and are processed with the worst chemicals. Perfect for a childs brain development.

[@devisals]

​@@airreloads4152think he was joking

[@aahhhhhhhhhhhhh]

its the phones fault

[@SidMajors]

Parents need to be taught how to have responsibility and accountability.

[@nsknyc]

Right. The issue is that these children will one day be parents. Forever creating this breed of 'cannon fodder'. We need to educate parents as well. Society (in the US) just doesn't allow this, there's never enough time for kids, leisure, education, etc when you're paid shit.

[@Funky-dude681]

I'm fricking 10 and know to spell window like We're Skipping class or something? (thanks to the people that corrected me)

[@neilmcdougall4927]

When kids have kids...

[@et781]

Yes, I've seen some 3rd graders that cannot read at 1st grade level. A teacher met with one parent and gave her tips and simple practice to do at home...10-15 minutes a day, go to the public library and read at home with her child. The parent did nothing. It is January and this poor girl still cannot read and will most likely fail the standardized tests and repeat 3rd grade. I don't know why this poor girl was allowed to be promoted to 2nd or even 3rd grade. Yet, this little girl knows how to find "unintelligent content" on YT and Tik Tok. I totally blame the mom. My kid was struggling in advanced math. I pushed the schools, got him tutors. I did my research and got him tested for dyscalculia ( a math learning disability) Sure enough he had it. With the test reports,, he was able to have some accommodations, work super hard, work harder on his deficiencies and eventually did well in college. Unfortunately, public schools do not test for that. So, I had to pay for the test.

[@Ezpeezy309]

@@Funky-dude681 *Skipping *We're

[@mariekatherine5238]

Teacher here, no, the kids were NOT with their parents more than anyone else! A typical first through third grader in my school was with their teacher the majority of their waking hours. 6:00 AM, arrive at before school care, study, catch up on homework, play, eat breakfast. 7:00 clean up, line up by grades, 7:15 Sit or stand for five minutes “silent centering.” 7:20 Opening exercises like Pledge of Allegiance, school song, school news, announcements, motivational maxim of the day. 7:35 Walk to class areas. Put away coats, etc. 7:45 Home class groups routines, 8:00-11:45, first through fourth periods. 11:45-12:25 Lunch Break, 12:30-3:30 class periods six through eight, 3:30-3:45, Wrap up session in Home class groups, 3:45-4:00, Some students leave for the day via bus, public transportation, parent picks up, etc. 4:00-6:30 Afterschool program, study, tutoring, test prep, homework, snack, recreation. 5:30-6:00 Dinner, 6:00-6:15 Clean up, 6:15-6:30, dismissal, Most get picked up by parent. Many teachers rotated working full days, on one month, school hour days the next. Full day=5:45-6:45 School hour day= 7:00-4:30. Since most children’s parents work full time, most of the children were in school under my care for most of their waking hours, five days per week. No, the parents weren’t raising them, I was!

[@Joshiboiy]

God Created us, we sinned (lying, stealing, adultery, and hate) and deserve hell because God punishes sin. But God, in his love sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sins and whoever turns from sin and believes in Jesus will not perish but have life after death.

[@leoz7193]

Let's talk about teachers. My son, in 5th grade, was put into 'special' classes. The teacher said he was behind in everything. Hmmm. I saw him as being very intelligent and creative. We went along and sought outside tutoring. He was tested, and they said that he was well above grade level. Hmmm. We had a meeting with the principal, counselor, and teacher and agreed to have him evaluated and tested by a psychologist. One minute into the next meeting, the psychologist was screaming at the teacher. In some of his tests, he was at an 11th grade level. At one point, the principal asked us to step out....the walls couldn't contain the anger from the psychologist. When we returned, it was agreed to move him to another teacher and pull him out of the special classes. Our son is now in his early 30s and got his doctorate a few years ago. Where would he be if we allowed that teacher to control his future. It turned out that she couldn't deal with his questioning and intelligence. Parents... you are destroying your child's future if you're not involved. You decided to have a child...now take care of him or her.

[@unmonged]

that is insane!! thank you for sticking up for your child!!! his life could have been ruined just like that. i cant believe the teacher really did that. massive props to the psychologist

[@beetlegeuse1961]

Holy shit

[@matttheradartechnician4308]

Same thing happened to me, teachers told my mom to medicate me and put me on all sorts of weird things, but she refused. Thank god for that

[@jesuschrist2174]

I’ve been seeing it my whole life man, when u smart they say u dumb; when u dumb they say u smart and just use u. Aka putting a battery in ur back

[@Gmann2021]

W psychologist tbh

[@BigNews2021]

My GF is a 2nd grade teacher and she's noticed the same thing. Every year they seem dumber and dumber. And the parents are a huge part of the problem.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

im a teacher too and i been saying this for 20 years but no one believed me.

[@SyphonHydra]

Ya parents shouldn't send their kids to diversity-teachers complaining about their jobs and spouting quotes like; "and they be serious!"

[@kaletovhangar]

​@@SyphonHydraMost parents are also totally unconscious and plain retarded, expecting children to figure it out by themselves, while leaving them smartphones and internet at hand.

[@vintce6019]

Well the children seem to follow the parents. Dumb and dumber.

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

​@@SyphonHydrawhy so serious?

[@babyshark8548]

As a Gen Z member, I am beyond confused as how these kids are so stupid. I don’t understand it at all. I’m always a grade level or two above what I’m supposed to be. My mother was teaching me a bit but stopped and then I learned on my own. I am considered “advanced” even though it’s basic academic standards. This generation makes me look like I am a Einstein 🤦🏽‍♀️.

[@anarubi4537]

True

[@BigPatFenis_]

Single parent households. I grew up with a single mom and struggled through school. It took me an extra 2 years to graduate because after 18 I just started working. Went back and got my diploma though. Hell, at least I'm good at reading and writing and can spell words properly. I'm not very good at math though, I have to admit.

[@arm4146]

Same I already know the basics of algebra when other kids dont even know how to do pemdas correctly

[@lordofligma]

Between Covid ruining the progress of learning and the shortened speech patterns that we see on social media ("though" becomes "tho" for example), many kids eill be at w disadvantage without thier devices autocorrecting thier mistakes

[@IcecoldWaluigi]

I admit I do scroll a SHIT TON on KZbin shorts but that ain't stopping me from getting good grades but these lot shown in the videk are just...

[@doctorunreal2703]

Bro this is crazy, I'm in high school rn, this is going to make me worried about gen alpha, cause I know for a fact the gen Z kids in my school (for the most part) are intelligent, but jeez some of my friends in my AP PHYSICS class are so damn slow I'll have to explain something to them like a good couple times before they understand it and I feel like it's common sense it frustrates me

[@Knee_Boy64]

A big part of the problem is that both parents are forced to work to maintain any standard of living, meaning a lot of these kids end up in day care and don't get enough time with parents to educate them at home.

[@johnobrien1759]

You never have both parents anymore. I know one girl who has 10 kids by six different dudes. Every single one of those dudes has kids with another woman. Women are attracted to a certain kind of man, and it’s not the man that is best for family. It’s the man that is best for that night. And now we are seeing the consequences of those actions.

[@milk__teee]

@@johnobrien1759imma be honest bro, that’s a very uncommon situation, I know many of my friends who have divorced parents. But a girl with 10 kids and 6 different fathers is a very uncommon occurrence, I’ve heard of 3 kids and 3 fathers but not that one before. So idk how you’re tryna say that every body has like 5 step dads and 9 siblings when it’s just common that people are divorced. I mean my parents are together and I have 3 siblings but most people I know are only children.

[@johnobrien1759]

@@milk__teee maybe I know a lot of down trodden women, but I know more examples than just that lady. One of my good friends in high school has six kids with four different guys, and gave two of them up for adoption. Another girl I know has three kids with three different guys, and one of that guy has total of eight kids. it is like Idiocracy in real life. As a 40 year, old male, that lives in a suburb of Chicago, things are bad.

[@Orangelemon167]

​@@johnobrien1759yea it's always the women. Ladies choose better. If he leaves and doesn't take responsibility for his actions, it's ur fault. How could u have not known better. How dare u get manipulated and abused. Pick better. Even if all men end up trash. Pick better. Be better it's all ur fault, don't blame men for their actions😡. Oh u decided to opt out of dating, marriage and bearing children. What a selfish woman. You will hit the wall, unwanted and die alone. Better invest in whine and cat food😊

[@Jeremy_Watson]

​@@johnobrien1759is your friend in high school a student or a teacher?

[@betsy6458]

Really and truthfully, it’s both the parents and education systems’ own responsibility for the children’s education. I’m thankful for my mom for helping me with my studies back in elementary and early middle school. I’m also thankful for the special education teachers for helping me as well.

[@idkwhy77]

I got spanked and slapped around as a kid till I forced my brain to learn English and basic math. Discipline is needed

[@chatboulon743]

Your mom sounds amazing. Certainly better than these wanna-be moms who gives their kids a tablet as a toddler to raise them for them.

[@anomalousanimates]

i don't think spanking should be a way to force a child to learn english and math@@idkwhy77

[@NexusOng17]

​@@chatboulon743Then proceed to brag about how good of a mom they are on facebook and get praise for it.

[@SoraFan23]

When I was younger I got in trouble for all the bad stuff I did and I learned various listens. The problem with this generation is how people have gotten too soft on the kids. Yeah sure you want your kids to be happy but you should not always let them get away with causing trouble. My mom always told me "If you do this again I will punish you for a month" so I know darn well that disipline was important.

[@richardbastuck3902]

This is why I'm considering being a stay-at-home dad and homeschooling my kids when I have any. It's not that I *won't* trust the education system, it's that I can't.

[@The_Missus]

@@idontknow845 Please keep in mind that the courses you are taking have led to this. To anyone else considering this; You do not have to be an educator to educate. Humans taught our kiddos without school longer than we did with school. Get the teacher manuals and you'll be fine. Look at the lessons ahead of time so that you can refresh your own knowledge. I deeply encourage homeschooling.

[@MegaMagicdog]

I highly recommend this! There are many curriculums and methods of study, don't be afraid to follow the kid's interests too from time to time. Keep them reading and teach them cursive. Find likeminded homeschoolers in your areas if you c an. Read older bookd from prior to 1960.

[@The_Missus]

@@idontknow845 good. ❤️ I've met a lot of people who thought they were too dumb or uneducated to teach their kids. I know it can be intimidating. I also think it's wonderful that you're already considering your future kids. Being a parent is amazing but it can definitely leave your head spinning some days, even without homeschooling😂❤️

[@delzq]

teach them better about the subjects he has, school is only great for developing social skills

[@MegaMagicdog]

@@delzq "Social skills"? The homeschoolers I've met have far better social skills than a lot of today's conventionally educated kids. Claiming that schools are good for that is a big misnomer.

[@TheDigitalFunk]

I left teaching in 2021,after lock downs, hybrid teaching, online classes and then back to in person. The change from 2018-2021 was so appalling that the students who were in 7th grade left as seniors. Most of them would say the exact same thing, " I still feel like I'm in 7th grade". That broke me. The endless cycle of "I can just Google it" and having the same test with lowering scores. I saw it in real time, and hate that society let education fall so far.

[@TheInsuranceAndTaxGuy]

I am Generation X. I was on the honor roll growing up and going through school, nothing special. My son struggled. I thought because I was good in school, I thought my son was good in school. His mom and I were not together. When I realized he was struggling, I made him read, write, and he had no extracurricular activities until he was proficient. My point the parents have to assist the teacher. Make the child’s education a priority.

[@spook9155]

That sounds horrible, your poor child. I hope he left you as soon as he was able.

[@Beedostudios3721]

@@spook9155he obviously took them away because education is more important. If the kid improves, he gives privileges back. It’s a damn punishment dude. Grow up. He was in the right for taking privileges away to correct his behavior.

[@spook9155]

@Beedostudios3721 taking away enrichment from a child is cruel. He didn't say 'no xbox for a week' He said No extracurricular activities *until he was proficient*, that doesn't sound like a short amount of time.

[@bullettime1116]

@@spook9155 looks like we found the parent who raised a child with no punishments and they grew up stupid

[@Lqg7379]

​@@spook9155that's day to day life in pretty much the majority of south and southeast Asian countries

[@HeisenbergFam]

You know theres something wrong when middle schoolers ask teacher "how do I spell window"

[@ArcticAimerAndy]

yea fr

[@ALivid]

WHY DO I SEE YOUR EVERYWHERE? HOW ACTIVE ARE YOU ONLINE?

[@Jonfiyt]

Why is ur comment on ever single video I watch

[@lizafrench8455]

Autocorrect and predictive text algorithms

[@SdKfz-gq8bh]

i thought its spelled winthough /s

[@josheh4]

I always felt stupid in school. After seeing what these teachers are saying, it just blows my mind. Like okay, guess I wasn't that bad at all.

[@AmethystTheEspeon]

I am eternally grateful to my parents. They started teaching me how to read and write at a very early age before they put me in school. They were, how I would put, "getting me used to the waters before throwing me into the deep end". The only thing I struggled with was math until grade 6 where everything all of a sudden started making sense. I went from a C student in math to an A student. Thanks, mom and dad!

[@toddjacksonpoetry]

They're not "severely autistic" or "dumb." They've grown up with Autocorrect.

[@Summerslide0978]

That Autocorrect has some pretty shitty programming lol.

[@apuzal1009]

The biggest problem with our generation is the fact that our parents (not all of ours) didn't stress the importance of becoming a good/likable person. Some of us had family that cared and raised us correctly with discipline where it was needed. But even when i was like 12 i would question how some of these kids would turn out as parents, and i would see how their parents acted and really wonder. Why would teachers want to teach some of these kids? Not to mention most of the people in my generation were raised on electronics but personally i think the ones who got introduced to social media early turned out the worst. People just literally cannot put the phone down it's really sad and that it probably a contributing factor to the declining IQ, and the lowered attention span.

[@LacTose90]

My mom wiped me as a kid when I would get a math problem wrong but it did in a way help me problem solve faster and as I grew up I realized it came from love and fear for her son not graduating and doing something better with my life but I do know there's a time and place for a whipping which seems like it's time because we cannot have adults not being able to read and write even at a 12 grade level is possible but not knowing how to write simple everyday words that's embarrassing not only to the kids but to the parents who just let their kids watch TV all day and that goes for kids, teens, and some adults I hope I'm able to raise my kids to be better then this

[@cryptic7844]

@@LacTose90don’t beat your kids tho

[@LacTose90]

@cryptic7844 I'm not saying I would and there's a difference between a pop, woopen, and beating and there's a difference between your parents doing it out of discipline and doing because they're mad

[@gustavus0013]

@@LacTose90 If they’re going to discipline you, then they wouldn’t hit you

[@chula_Isa]

It's so easy to blame Gen Z and the internet, but as a student I think the main problem is the education system. We have districts lowering their standards just so everyone can graduate. School these days isn't even about learning anything. Their goal is to rush us through everything so we can move on to the next grade. Students see this and that's why you have so many lazy kids who don't want to try at all or pay attention. Our attention span is also ridiculously short. In my opinion, the education system should come up with something that can motivate and keep students interested in what they need to learn.

[@BloodSweatandFears]

It’s all of the above. The system, the technology, and the PARENTING, or lack there of!

[@eugenekrabs141]

facts, if they just had engaging classes more people would succeed, i am legitimately top of most of my classes and its because im the only one who pays attention (and i dont even do that sometimes because its so boring), im a junior in highschool btw

[@realdragon]

Obviously we can't blame children for being dumb, they're children and they didn't choose to be dumb so so the problem lies somewhere else

[@Wilky971]

Essentially i think the problem lies within the education and how much time parents invested themselves to make their children curious, cultured etc .. but they are also dumb because they just don't want to use their brains and experience life the easy way. The educational system doesn't help either. In any case, you as a human are the only one that can take actions to upgrade your life, so we can blame the parents or school or anything we want, it's still up to you to improve yourself.

[@carlmikell2292]

​​@@BloodSweatandFearsIt's mostly the fault of the parents. Not checking in on their children. Leaving the public education system to raise their children. You can't be a parent when it's to your convenience. You have to be a parent even when it's not convenient.

[@theredknight9314]

Bro. I saw a student pepper spray a teacher. Its awful It’s definitely a side effect of the internet and lack of brain use.

[@idkwhy77]

For taking her phone too

[@quasar4472]

a dumb reason to pepper spray though..@@idkwhy77

[@sheridathompson7091]

​@Turtleboilol what's crazy is she pepper sprayed a teacher 3 times for taking her phone

[@user-qf5kl6cv2y]

They probably thought it was funny

[@user-qf5kl6cv2y]

They probably thought it was funny

[@kei_on_tv8157]

Schools today are too busy teaching about "systematic oppression" and "diversity inclusion equity"

[@marcusbaker830]

Ik

[@gustavus0013]

My brother in christ, those are all important subjects that will train you to think critically

[@conor6436]

...and?

[@dudeistguru4090]

I worked highschool math assistance post covid for kids in San Antonio. I had to go back and start teaching them from 5th or 6th grade math from the ground up. Their teachers don't care if they really learn. They'll literally spend class teaching them how to find the answer to a math problem from a multiple-choice list using "hints" from the problem, they do not care if the children understand what is IN the problem. The system is* worse than broken.

[@Ms.A422]

That’s very true it’s all about solving the problems without properly learning and digesting the material.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

Teaching to pass a multiple guess test is the worst policy.

[@ak5659]

The teachers appear not to care because the admin definitely doesn't care. Teachers are told to teach to the state tests. If they don't, they get unsatisfactory performance reviews and denied tenure if they don't have it. Also, students frequently read 3-5 years below grade level so the word problems are impossible to understand.

[@anthonybarcellos7847]

There's no one answer to this problem. Teachers sometimes struggle at the content they are meant to be masters of, yes. But there are a thousand of other factors.

[@mwfmtnman]

That comes from the administration. I had a buddy who was banned from Denver public schools as a teacher because he refused to focus on test taking but on learning.

[@UncleFeedle]

I noticed this phenomenon when I worked in education. Much of it is due to sheer laziness. Why bother learning something when Google or Alexa can just tell you? Also, kids have begun using ChatGPT to do their homework for them, including writing entire essays. An increasing number of employers are giving skills tests to job applicants. There is going to be a LOT of unemployment in the years to come.

[@vanhattfield8292]

ChatGPT was only released in November 30, 2022, so if students are using it to write reports, they have not been doing so for long. Also, if they have learned on their own, what they need in regards for software, and then how to use that software to write a book report, they are not in the "slow group" in their class. It still takes considerable knowledge and skill to use ChatGPT effectively and a high school student knowing how to use it that way is a gifted student. You don't just dump whatever into it and get something good in return.

[@kaptain-quake]

@@vanhattfield8292"write me an essay on ________.". that's all it takes. ChatGPT is mindbogglingly easy to use and you'd be surprised at how many intellectually lacking students use it on the daily in the majority of public schools. Many students at my school use ChatGPT and with it's popularity I don't think it takes much effort nor intelligence to use as all you do is download the app, put in a prompt, then copy and paste.

[@opalyasu7159]

I never understood why people would use AI other than getting through school and doing homework. Even nowadays, the only thing I use AI for is to check my grammar if a sentence looks/feels kinda off to me

[@Pushing_Pixels]

@@vanhattfield8292 Getting an essay out of ChatGPT does not make you gifted. You are delusional if you think that. ChatGPT won't be available in every situation, so people who are dependent on it are basically useless in the real world.

[@Danielle14..6]

it seems like public schools are getting and more pointless every year

[@FlatEarthIsTrueEarth]

I remember when I was in high school and moved states, I always had honors, AP, and other "higher level" classes. When I switched schools my previous transcripts didn't transfer over for some reason, so I had to take the base classes. I was actually dumbfounded when I realized that there were sophomores and juniors learning middle school material and still struggling. I ended up being moved to higher classes, but it still shocks me to this day.

[@taraskhan475]

it might be to several reasons, one could be parents not teaching kids basic english or just immigrants that learned another language instead of english. just not understanding what the teacher is even saying, there could be more reasons

[@cherry3834]

Ngl I had a young math teacher who taught in a way that only people super good at math could understand. Mt math abilities were never really that strong I mean I could do math because all the knowledge was right there in my brain I just needed a little extra help. And most of the kids were failing that class even kids who were decently smart. She ended up quiting her 2nd year. I still don't know if it was just because she made things too hard and didn't try and teach from different angles or if she just thought we were too dumb. But luckily I passed her class with a B I just struggled a little bit.

[@taraskhan475]

@@cherry3834 that teacher is just evil for that tbh

[@cherry3834]

@taraskhan4755 lol she did have a poster that said "I love math it makes people cry" and I shit you not her class did make people cry a cheerleader was balling her eyes out after being cut from the team because she was failing math.

[@Luna-lynn]

I’m more of a younger zoomer from Switzerland and bro 💀 Wtf is going on in America? I thought I was dumb for not being able to understand botanical biology, while there are students out there that can’t spell “window” ;-;

[@Luna-lynn]

@@Sydney-McKee oh goodness, that sounds awful :( Well I already wrote the biology test, so it’s a little bit late but still thank you for asking :) Have a good day/night!

[@AvidRooms123]

I thought I wad dumb for not studying for more than an hour And I still am doing academically good in 5th grade

[@marklewus5468]

When I was a kid, my mom (who worked full time) went to the library once a week and brought me home a pile of books to read. That was probably 1965. You can’t expect the public school system to do all the work. It’s always the parents.

[@Funky-dude681]

now i cant know my iq because of my generation

[@Jerseybytes2]

no it's not always the parents, sometimes it's also the teachers who think telling us their preferred pronouns is more important than teaching the kids the subject they were hired to teach

[@bohemianfarm4467]

You can lead a child to a book but you can't make them read. I think Gen Z is, by large, only functionally literate and moat kids that can't read well don't really enjoy struggling through and the whole generation is too lazy to care

[@FernandoGonzalez-hq9ei]

Sothan wtf is the point of school if the parents have to do all the work most teachers are retardant and teach useless information

[@427Cabriolet]

I grew up reading dr.seuss and a world war z book

[@kiriyamathelama1809]

Turns out telling a Generation they are perfect the way they are was a bad idea.

[@he-man36]

Yes... you are you. And you have your body. You need to strive to be the best version of yourself... Beethoven's father wanted him to be Mozart. But he could only be Beethoven.

[@mofik26]

perfect the way they are doesnt really mean "be lazy and dont try to learn anything". The problem is that parents just leave the kids with the phones and tablets since they are born nowadays

[@DaACTUALLYREALReddie]

Bro, trust me, Gen Alpha is way worse than Gen Z, I'd rather be Gen Z rather than the dumb Gen Alpha

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

​@@mofik26 they stil have limits

[@LacTose90]

​@@ELpeaceonearthwell as a gen z 23 year old yeah this later half of my generation is retarded and they need real help and not non of your bs

[@viclor2876]

My dad was a highschool teacher. Some kids couldn't even spell their own names, no exaggeration. He was so ashamed of the new generation. I truly feel the public school system slowly killed my pops. R.i.p to a man who tried his best to be an educator to these lost souls

[@TheSilverscuba22]

Its sad because it's not the teachers, it's the Admin and downtown that are pushing these kids through that have NO IDEA what's going on !! can't read! can't write! can't add/subtract !!! but somehow they get moved on every year!! Admin want to show they passed everyone..... no child left behind.......I'm sorry but sometimes kids NEED to be left behind!

[@Coocoocrazy3]

And i thought a kid getting 1 percent in grade 5 math was bad

[@TonatiuhAurelianOlson]

child left behind policy...lord help us.

[@Wheat_Land]

God needs to give these kids the Ik they should have at that age

[@TheRealW.S.Foster]

Teacher here - well, student teacher but teacher nonetheless - and I can tell you that the one thing that gets me, at least in my class, is when students don't turn in their work. I can understand that kids have lives outside of school, and have at least some other classes to attend to... but the work my mentor teacher and I give is easy, and can get done in less than an a half-hour if the kids put in 100% effort. You got some kids who outright ignore it, and that baffles me greatly.

[@jonathanmelendez6953]

I wasn’t the brightest of the bunch when I was younger, and most of my teachers had no faith in me. My parents were hard on me though, and although I obviously hated it at first, they were doing me a favour. They taught me to just work hard, and when it came to school work, just work your ass off and then you’ll get there. Over time, I started to just work hard at fucking everything. My teachers as I got older really started to admire that, and my grades went up. I still work as hard as I can on my university assignments today. So my advice (despite not being a parent or knowing anything about parenting) would be to work your kids hard to bring out the very best in them. Pressure makes diamonds, and a bit of pressure can make all these new kids diamonds.

[@vanhattfield8292]

You provided a great example and how what you described affected you in a positive way. You don't have to be a parent to be able to give good advice. Good job.👍

[@Turtoile41]

Just make sure to not pressure them to the point where it starts negatively impacting them

[@hcook1023]

To many parents being their kids friends not parents

[@VortexF]

I really have to thank my one of my friends and my mother for pressuring me last year to do my stuff,i just wouldn't do jackshit and would just ignore and think "I'm present so i dont heve to do anything" they forced me to write stuff and get better grades, pressure your kids if they aren't doing anything.

[@abysmaltophat]

@@Turtoile41As a young parent watching this video, I can conclude that this is actually one of the key and underrepresented problems about being a parent; you have not the first idea how to find a balance between putting too little pressure on your children and putting too much.

[@mageyplss]

I am a fairly young teen and I honestly don't understand how I even ended up able to survive school this long if all these kids maybe a year or two younger than me are struggling this hard. I feel like I've been blessed to not encounter kids this behind in their education

[@ked49]

They aren’t everything in this video is false

[@mageyplss]

@@ked49 yeah that's a possibility lol

[@refertopfp9627]

​@@ked49 Just because you haven't personally seen these kids, doesn't mean they don't exist. Up until just recently, I was surrounded by these braindead, moronic children that spent their entire day on social media, and that were definitely not ready for whatever level of education they were at. Trust me, you'll understand exactly what I'm talking about in a few years, when these kids grow up and enter your daily life.

[@nunya5424]

You go to school in the city?

[@mageyplss]

@@nunya5424 n o

[@Simonsnowflake]

The other day, I was strolling past my old elementary school, and I couldn't help but overhear some of the students using foul language and saying things they really shouldn't have. It made me reflect on my own time at that age - back then, such words and behavior were unimaginable. It left me wondering about the influence of their parents and TikTok.

[@xandercruz900]

LOL! That's a lie. Maybe not out loud in the presence of adults, but kids were swearing back in the 50, 60s and 70s, and 80s, and 90s. Let's stop with the "back in my day" mythology on this.

[@Simonsnowflake]

I get that kids sweared even back then but my point was that I was in the same elementary school and none of the first graders would say stuff like “I’ll f your mom” or “bitch Ill beat you up”. I’m just saying it’s weird af@@xandercruz900

[@KikoUzamaki]

Last year I was in the 9th grade, and our English teacher said that people were making ridiculous grammatical errors, misspelling simple words, and instead of using actual words they were using text abbreviations. One girl had put on her essay wydm.

[@milk__teee]

@@xandercruz900how fucking old are you? -you haven’t been in an elementary school in decades. -children were at most swearing like fuck you, screw you, dumbass. -kids nowadays are spewing rhetoric from red pill shit. -it’s not the same as swearing they are literally saying foul things that they probably don’t even understand like how we used to say fuck and know it’s kinda bad, but they are saying crazy ass shit that children never used to say unless maybe you were apart of hitlers youth or something.

[@kryoia]

Nah i used to curse in elementary school too, its not rlly a big deal lol

[@aj_2W0]

Do they still do things like spelling tests and book reports in schools? I went to a Chicago public school in the 90s and we had to do a book report every month on a book of our choosing from the school library, and we did weekly spelling tests. I hated doing them at the time, but boy am I grateful for them as an adult. Imagine not being able to spell "window" and you're 6 years away from starting college 😅

[@jazminmiller1071]

Last year when I was in 9th grade my teacher realized that a lot of kids were struggling with spelling (it was honors English) so she had us do weekly spelling tests to improve our spelling

[@Not_Ena52]

As a Jamaican 7th grade student who was in the American school system for about 5 1/2 years, where I grew up the school system hasn't always been this low, but hearing from different places makes me fear that it's only going to spread more. This generation really is something else kmt :/

[@SyphonHydra]

This 'generation' is diversity taught by diversity saying things like "and they be serious" - complaining about teaching to spell isntead of doing it. Very clear to see what happened.

[@bbb7863]

You're in Gen Alpha 2010 - 2022

[@Not_Ena52]

@@bbb7863 yes I know, but I'm just saying.

[@DashYoshi2004]

Being a socially isolated Gen Z'er, my parents would never let my mentality slip to such a low point as others this generation. I'm scared as shit there won't be anymore intellectuals post-alpha and I'm starting to think there are good aspects to my social isolation.

[@extended_e]

Dude, it is going to be long journey, but being intelligent when rest are not is honestly really lonely. But if you can find motivation you can makes tons of money and then live a confortable live. Tough red pill yourself and get muscles if you want to have any chance with girls and even then it is really bad. Good luck be successful. Regards big bro.

[@desmondong4331]

Same. Can feel the loneliness as well. Sometimes have te just suck it up and forge your way through the ever depreciating society around us…

[@pox9127]

Social isolation gives you brain damage dude

[@Poyo494]

Dude so relatable, it feels like other people are so dumb sometimes.

[@HACKER-ct6hd]

@@pox9127 u just proved him right

[@todo9633]

Bringing a factor of entertainment into learning is absolutely essential. The best teachers were always the ones who knew how to engage students, that's why they were so rare, charisma and enthusiasm are hard to teach and expensive to buy, and it's far easier and cheaper nowadays to achieve a similar result through video(like documentaries or youtube) and/or interactive learning.

[@NoNameX_X0]

can confirm this is true, one of my teachers humped his desk and he got all our attentions.

[@mwfmtnman]

Oh come on. It is called discipline.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@mwfmtnmandiscipline is humans forte

[@Oban2006]

Shouldn't matter

[@mwfmtnman]

@@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman it is learned. It is what adults practice

[@Kiki-w4p3u]

fun fact: they've been in the education system for 8 years actually (prepatory grade) and when I was young I had a bad life at home, am autistic, a workaholic, usually sleep deprived, and by 5th grade I could spell window and for eletronics I grew with never being off it BUT I was still fine cause I watched Normal things like dantdm which taught me good things and I watched game theory which is how I learnt lots of stuff about maths when I was little

[@Kamilistgud]

Same kind off. (I am 15 btw) I have dyslexia and i have a speech impediment. People my age are retarded. They always cheat on tests and they can't behave in a class room. I was a ipad/tablet kid and i never went outside with my friends but i still feel way smarter than them. When i was younger i was stupid but now when i am 15? My mind feels like it matured and the others are lagging behind by 10 years. From this you may think that i am arrogant but i am not, i swear. The future i see for these kids is very bad. I don't even understand why have instagram, tik tok, messenger and the other apps? They are useless and they take up valuable space on the phone. They can't even do simple math... i wish them luck.

[@mochary4300]

Personally as a Gen Z, I am equally as shocked as some of the teachers. I'm in year 11 and I've seen some of my classmates not know their timetables, and cannot do basic spelling. I've been thankfully brought up in a household where my parents care a lot for my education and I am personally scared for my generation and later generations. Edit: I'm living in the UK, so we use 'years' instead of the 'grade' system, it would be 10th Grade for those who want to know. Sorry for the confusion.

[@GalactikEdits]

thats VERY bad (unless you have learning disability)@B0z0InPain

[@leesscribbles]

Elder Gen Z here, 23, same sentiment here. I've worked in a school, and I can tell you that kids like you are a rare breed.

[@etienne8110]

Tbf, what is the use of knowing by heart your time tables when everyone carries a high tech calculator in their pocket? Is it really a valuable skill? If they trade it for knowing bits and knacks in coding or other skill, it is fine.

[@backloggamereviews]

I’m a college graduate, speak Japanese as a foreign language and I still don’t know my timetables

[@flextapeadhesive]

I'm gen Z in year 10 and I stand RIGHT with you. These dumb classmates act like school is a daycare, and whenever they are called up to answer they either don't know and stay silent or just say a dumb answer. SOME OF THEM READ SO BADLY TOO, AND THE ONE THING THEY ARE DEDICATED TO LISTENTING AND FOCUSING IS WATCHING TIKTOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA

[@ShepherdGuyIsHere]

As a chem teacher who's also Gen Z (23M), it's entirely true. I have 17yo students who still forget to put their names on stuff and don't know that anything divided by itself is one.

[@squidluma9259]

Forgetting one’s name on a paper is understandable if they are too quick to getting the work done and forget they didn’t do it earlier. However, I have *no* idea how one forgets that a number divided by itself is 1. Even elementary schoolers know the latter!

[@Introvert708]

I did this a lot until a pretty ass teacher of mine engraved it into my mind. Everyone does this unintentionally to get work done sooner as everyone in my class does try to get good grades. Basically just accidents

[@wetwillyis_1881]

My uncle was a teacher for about fifty years. He got out right before our generation got in. He always said it was the parents. If the parents don’t understand what’s going on, the kid is going to suffer, even if the kid isn’t the best.

[@HughJayness-pd5hn]

My parents don’t know any of the stuff I’m learning. My dad never paid attention in school and my mom did but she forgot most of what she learned since she never has had to use it

[@w.reidripley1968]

​@@HughJayness-pd5hn Which tells us why a large home library is valuable. Subscriptions to periodicals too. Schooling teaches stuff, but also something more important, lifelong: how to learn well.

[@theMyouknow]

I understand your uncle, but the parents today carry heavier workloads then in a few decades, gotto have multiple jobs, work overtime and that means less time for your kids, which in turn gets dumb, just look at the women today they cant even cook and clean properly, sit on their phones all the time not look out for their kids.

[@wetwillyis_1881]

@@theMyouknow I think you're completely right, we need the entire social climate to change, in order for things to get better.

[@sniperofbuffalo]

Parents aren't alone in the blame game. Certainly, teachers and the school district share the blame, too. We keep lowering our educational standards just to get kids to graduate, and sometimes teachers are just awful. There are a lot of teachers out there who won't help struggling kids and use their position to indoctrinate kids.

[@silvergun42]

It's not really the teachers but much more of the district. In many of the videos the teachers mentioned expressing concerns about making a child repeat a grade but the district forced them to pass the child along

[@aubreylindsey1206]

Amen

[@Concerned_one]

The standards are definitely going down the toilet and It’s called grade inflation. Where the average GPA of student is increasing (because it’s easier to graduate with lower standards) while the number of scholastic achievements such as in math olympiads and science quizzes are decreasing.

[@ak5659]

Teachers don't have time to indoctrinate anybody into anything. Most teachers wish they had that much discretionary tme. It's a nice fantasy. Separately, K-12 teachers rarely have any input regarding curricula, books, testing, standards, or much of anything else. Most educational decisions are made by administrators who taught for just a couple of years (if that) before leaving the classroom. Tbh, most school adminitrations treat teachers as if they have brain damage. This attitude is one more reason for the teacher shortage.

[@simpletim8186]

This points out the broader problem with our society. Outside of our kids being straight dumb we’ve lost all sense of teach our descendants so they have our knowledge without our struggle

[@May52525]

As a teacher I am going to really need you all to understand this is not our fault. Try being a teacher for just one day and you will quickly learn we have been set up for failure.

[@ked49]

Yes but also acknowledge everything in the video is misinterpreting and misdiagnosing issues

[@雪の鷹]

Ex English teacher here. I bugged out five years ago as I was getting to the point of seriously considering chucking some students out of the window just to raise the class GPA. Joking aside (type of), the lack of support teachers get, the contradictions coming down from on high, plus dumb parents who think their kid is perfect, it drains a person. I left and haven't looked back since.

[@eugenekrabs141]

as a student i am really going to need you to understand if your class was entertaining this would not be a problem

[@realdragon]

I think some teachers might be the problem but also there's problem somewhere else. It is necessary to find and solve those problems as much as finding and removing bad teachers if education is really important for society. I acknowledge that the best teacher can't make someone learn if they don't want to learn but also bad teacher halts the progress of kids

[@RobZombii]

​@@eugenekrabs141 the pfp fits.

[@BlazingTomato]

seeing this just reminded me of a friend I had who was literally 16, yet she couldn't even understand decimals or how to read a clock even after I tried teaching her in multiple ways for hours, she still thought everything made no sense and trying to teach anything was just a pain bc everything I taught her, she'd just tell me "this makes no sense"

[@kenneth465]

That’s wild 💀

[@Elegiast]

That’s the importance of drive right there. Anyone who gives up is *choosing* to be a failure, because if you decide something “makes no sense”, you stop being able to understand it as easily.

[@SoupyMittens]

Dude almost nobody I know knows how to read an analog clock. Like seriously, its not that fucking hard to read a GODDAMN CLOCK! I don't know how they managed to get through all of middle school without once trying to figure out an analog clock which I've known how to use since I was 6.

[@BlazingTomato]

@@SoupyMittens wow that's actually crazy, over here an analog clock is something we all learn to read at around 7/8 and I never knew it was possible for someone around my age to not know how to read it when we literally learn it in school

[@Ko8la2233]

That’s crazy, even a 2nd grader knows that.

[@christopherbennett6571]

I was homeschooled most of my life. My parents were good at it. The issue that people keep bashing them (my parents) with is, "Well, your kids don't socialise." It's called after school activities/extra curricular activities.

[@weiner01103]

i hated socializing as a kid. everyone around me at school were literal dirtwipes and annoying mfs, so i rarely ever socialized because of how annoying they were. i only had a few friends, but even then, we grew apart. its awful

[@arandompasserby7940]

Exactly. Besides, the part I hate about that argument is that it's not like there aren't kids who go to regular school their whole lives and don't have problems socializing either.

[@Protect_all_ljf3forms]

Your parents did you justice

[@sonialinsey8083]

On the other hand I went to public school with 2 working parents. Yeah I had some friends but never took part in any extracurricular activities because nobody was around to drive me to them or pick me up. No busses in rural areas.

[@BlueBerry20071]

I was one of few people in my 40 kid class who understood Y = Mx + B. You know, the slope formula. I once brought up something about animals, and then bookended it by saying "well, humans are animals too so i guess my point is bunk," and this girl told me with full confidence TO MY FACE: "no we're not." AND INSULTED ME FOR SAYING IT! AND ONLY THE TEACHER BACKED ME UP!

[@coltoncorkerin2663]

Bro that’s just a bunch of letters, how am I supposed to get the answer if I got no clue what the problem is

[@UTTPOFFICEROFUTTPSUCKS]

@@coltoncorkerin2663 If you can understand more of algebra or calculus then you can understand it.

[@Kamilistgud]

​@@coltoncorkerin2663I am trying fo defend you so hard right now but i cannot... It's pretty obvious how to use that formula if you had classes about functions before. The math book can also help. Y = Mx + B The math book can help you understand whats M and B.

[@PixelKiwi]

As a Gen Z i can confirm we can always get dumber

[@mobarakjama5570]

Case and point (YOU) calling out your stupidity 😂😂, just kidding or am I.....................

[@Politography]

We ARE getting dumber.

[@Skoopyghost]

I am 28 years old. I grew up with dyslexia when you were just an idiot. Jesus if my teachers had Gen Z kids. I hope Gen Z at least have a thing for musicial instruments, or at least thing for the arts.

[@stureremil9873]

Americans thats why american is an entire circus also westerners HAHAHHAHA

[@makaila8860]

as a gen z I could say its not a good thing and everyone should do something about it if they care.

[@Nagalior]

I've been saying the same thing for decades: If parents don't teach their kid, don't expect school to do it for you.

[@jacob7649]

Then what's the point of school

[@Haeters]

@@jacob7649 further education. theres a reason schools dont want your newborn kid; the parents are supposed to raise the child to have curiosity and a motive to keep growing. kids and young teenagers in elementary/middle school are having their life force being drained by electronics because parents feel they can just stick them in front of blue light for 12 hours a day and expect them to be the same as a kid that learns about numbers and shapes through play sets and toys. i used to go to a program that has kids at the youngest of 3rd grade and the 5th graders dont know how much inches are on a ruler when they have a ruler in front of them.

[@jacob7649]

@@Haeters I would say both are to blame but I blame the schools more since they fail to changed or adept to our current society not everything is black and white dude

[@jonharrison3114]

@@jacob7649bruh

[@SockieTheSockPuppet]

​@Haeters Nowadays it's indoctrination.

[@sushruthsharma9767]

"If you, as parents, do not educate your child, you're just stupid." honestly, it's so true. i had to learn things my whole life and never got any guidance from my parents which was why i didn't learn anything and i, as a 9th grader, am struggling to comprehend stuff because my parents did not send me to any other classes. and the reason why i told that they had to join me into an extra tuition in subjects is because my parents were barely having the privilege to get educated. Now, yes i do not have a right to talk about my parents' education qualification, but they never joined me into any sort or coaching for studies and that's a dumb thing to do as i have had a consistent grade which were not great at all.

[@greencandyy6632]

As long as you seek to learn, you will be okay. There are plenty of free online educational resources like Khan Academy, KZbin documentaries, fun animated videos on history, recorded lessons on any subject, and free textbooks and books PDF. You need to be consistent and disciplined in your study. The things you learn will be forgotten over time anyway, but what matters is how you can think. Learning is fun. Also, I would like to share the good news of Jesus Christ with you. I know this might sound off-putting, but you were created from the love of God and God truly does love, but you must be saved and born again through repentance from sins by the grace of God through faith. Why? Because we are born broken sinners who are evil and unrighteous to the core of our hearts. We can try to do good, but deep down our hearts are cold, calloused, and sinful. Imagine if all of your thoughts and actions were filmed and turned into a movie, would you even want to watch it? If it was played on a large screen and everyone you know is watching it, you would probably run out of there. I would do the same because I am ashamed of my sins and how broken I am. This may sound discouraging, but we have to recognize the truth that we are undeserving and wretched sinners. But, even so, Jesus died for all of our sins and through Him, you can be cleansed and find real living in God. Jesus does save and you will find Him when you seek Him with all of your heart. I know you're still young, but I hope God will reach your heart through this. Take care. God is love and God loves you.

[@sushruthsharma9767]

@@greencandyy6632 thanks for the advice man. I appreciate it a lot.

[@DanielAlvarado-e6i]

I couldn’t spell as a kid when I was in elementary and middle school because I was in a program that help kids who move from counties that can’t spell,read,or speak.i think it was called ELD,but other kids in my age could do all of those things and am in gen z

[@procastination_is_my_passi4182]

My parents are teachers and the big problem that they see is that children are just passed off into the next grade, you can fail, but are then given so many empty opportunities to just get by per the "no child left behind policy". In Arizona (not sure how it is in other states), children can just keep retaking tests after test until they eventually pass and/or given so much extra points as encouraged by the administration. So with inadequate understanding from the previous grade, they can't keep up in their current grade but are still somehow able to go to the next grade due to the broken education system and it just keeps going. And the kids just end up finishing through middle school and high school with no real knowledge nor basic foundation for anything. In my home country, you have to retake previously failed classes and have to retake the whole grade if you don't pass. Age doesn't matter, skills and knowledge does. But here, it seems like they care more about making sure the kids are where they need to be in their academic career based on their age as in if you're 15, you SHOULD be in sophomore, even if you lack the foundation or knowledge. The kids being dumb is a symptom but not the main issue, the educational system here is SO broken that kids have no choice but to be dumb

[@Mag_ladroth]

In my school they passed a failed student without even taking retests, but you can't cheat the IGCSE or IAL.

[@somethingsomething8511]

We really need to take the Asian approach, if you fail you're given a broom and told to clean up vomit because you're a janitor for the rest of your life.

[@procastination_is_my_passi4182]

@@Mag_ladroth Yeah here too, you cant fake through the standardized exams, but any internal exams from the school itself is just so useless and has no meaning if students are just given a pass anyways

[@Mag_ladroth]

@@somethingsomething8511 As an Asian that is way too harsh. This type of behaviour only lead students to stop studying and look for easy solutions to their problems.

[@procastination_is_my_passi4182]

@@Mag_ladroth Right, I'm filipino and was literally always on top in terms of academic, but never in my life have I heard of that method lol. For my sister and I, it was more about upholding the family name and honor, and that inner voice that your parents brought you up well and that they deserve for their kids to do their best. That scare tactic about certain jobs is so unproductive when most service people are cool and friendly anyways. Kid version of me wanted to be a bus driver because our bus lady was kind haha, kids don't think hatefully like that and thank goodness for that

[@user-ck2qi4qb2e]

I totally agree with 'Computers are great at teaching if you know how to use them.' English is not my first language, but I learned English by using the internet. Children can literally learn languages just by using the internet.

[@hellboy0189]

Same here, I constantly watch movies and content in English to mantain my proficiency.

[@ACrewmat3]

I am gen z. my parents taught me well as a kid, they got me on vocabulary and reading and math early. on our tests, I tested 10th grade in vocabulary, 9th grade in a few sectors, but mostly 8th (the grade I'm in currently.) I can agree with the study as I have seen so many stupid kids in my generation basically spewing nonsense about the most random stuff and not being able to control their emotions. I seriously hope we can help these kids by providing better programs for them. The parents to be more engaged, too. (edited because I think I sounded a bit harsh)

[@vanhattfield8292]

Cool of your parents to do that. We sent our kids to public school, but also actively home schooled them at the same time in more advanced subjects. We began before they ever started school and continued through graduation and it worked for well for us and them. I believe that the best thing we were able to achieve at a very young age was to encourage them to be inquisitive and encourage them to seek out the the answers to the questions that being inquisitive brought out. IT basically taught them how to learn and that has stayed with them all to this day.

[@niarahancock4739]

You gonna be good in life bro keep your studies and health good 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@kaptain-quake]

i agree. people in my grade level are honestly so dumb and i feel like im one of the only people who can think intelligently on any level in my school. kids in my class genuinely can't grasp simple grammar rules, such as commas, periods, spelling and apostrophes. this is 8th grade. we are almost to high school, and these people can't get a grasp of 2nd grade grammar. by the way, im referring to the AG students. don't even get me started on the other students not in the AG group. half of them feel like they are on a 5th grade level.

[@Turtoile41]

Cant say anything about the testing, cause im pretty sure we dont have that in Estonia, but I can relate to the kids my age and older just saying the dumbest things ever

[@ACrewmat3]

@@vanhattfield8292 I agree. my parents set me up on many programs when i was younger to get me a jump-start and it paid off immensely. modern parents are too caught up in their own life (sometimes for reasons of trying to provide for their kids) to realize the effect neglect has on their kids.

[@DarknessVR619]

As a current 11th Grader, the current Freshmen that has arrived at the high school... They baffle me, I even heard it from a teacher that is one of my friends, and on quote, they said, "The new Freshmen can't even do basic math." Humanity is likely very screwed if no parent begins to discipline.

[@KalavianGD]

Same, I got sent to a support room with 9th graders to get my work done, they were literally acting worse than we did in 5th grade

[@horsepowermultimedia]

Kids in 2013: I can read an entire chapter book for school and do a 4 paragraph essay. Kids in 2023: Nooo! My teacher is making me write a paragraph! It's gonna take so long!

[@thekevin271]

Still not too worse than what you said were kids in 2013 here in Brazil

[@factperson179]

I like writing paragraphs though

[@autocorrectly764]

Yeah it’s gonna take so long but you have to do it 💀

[@xliqn.ae0]

I'm late genz, And I can write a 300-400 word essay on any topic, in just 1-2 hrs depending on the topic

[@User948____]

Bro in my school we have to do 4 page research report from a novel from 1998

[@zahedah80]

@1:20 when he said that the kids can't tell who the main character is in a 4 paragraph story, I wanted to cry because he is right. Comprehension is NOT there for many of my students either.

[@GamesbiteRtDL]

I have the feeling that no one in Gen Z wants to do...anything, whereas past generations saw their job/family as their source of happiness

[@idkwhy77]

They do. They want clout and useless things to keep their 5 sec attention span goin

[@GamesbiteRtDL]

@@idkwhy77 You're probably right, but research the attention span myth again, because it's actually not that low! I think it was taken as fact after Microsoft did a "study". Research about that topic more, for education purposes and knowing what's right or wrong, because nowadays people always know the things that make them right, but don't know a damn thing about what makes them wrong.

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

@@idkwhy77 oh yes, wanting to be loved is bad

[@blackhawkuh-6026]

⁠@@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholmeI don’t think you understand what he is saying...

[@ryanmcdaniels5014]

@@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme😂😂😂 this is proving the videos point. Reading comprehension skills are sh*t

[@DragonRider-pj4qs]

i was thinking of going into elementary education because people say im good with kids. this is turning me away that. because not being able to write at 7th grade hurts me because i love readings since i was in 2nd grade and read over a 1000 books since, now 22. i really hope things get better because i do like teaching and helping kids learn abd grow from when i did tutoring with my younger cousins

[@Frostyknight627]

The government, social media (TikTok in particular), and a lack of discipline being instilled in these kids led to this crisis. You could hear the frustration in the voices of the more experienced teachers when they talked about the state of education. The communication arts and science teachers were the most vocal about it, especially during senior year. It really speaks volumes when both the students and teachers are miserable.

[@AlexanderLasam48]

As a grade 7 student, I am absolutely shocked that people in the same grade as me have the intelligence of a kindergartener.

[@thisisaperson1536]

man the kindergarten in my country teaches us how to read and understand text so seeing this is pretty painful

[@kabeerkhan133]

Spell 🪟

[@thisisaperson1536]

@@kabeerkhan133 uh widnow wnidow winwod window yyaayyayayyayayyyay

[@CT-9904-Crosshair]

When I was in high school (graduated last year), my peers were dumb as bricks. One guy legitimately asked “what does this x symbol mean on question 2?” That x symbol was the symbol for multiplication on that assignment. But yeah the schools also have some responsibility in this, as there was one guy in my grade that graduated with us, despite bragging that he failed every single class he had in the third quarter.

[@AlexanderLasam48]

holy shit, this means the philippine education system is much better then@@CT-9904-Crosshair

[@chriscanul4075]

People don't want to learn anymore. That's the real problem. Children are having all knowledge at their fingertips from a young age. The parents have to foster that thirst for knowledge but they'd rather put the iPad in front of them

[@PingasFumberto]

When everything is smart everyone is dumb

[@SoraFan23]

I was at Wal Mart and I saw two kids with an Ipad and an Iphone, then I saw the mother who was also on thier phone. This generation really has gone down the drain.

[@daforkgaming3320]

People definitely don’t want to learn anymore, and they probably don’t think they need to with all of the information of the internet at their finger tips. But that means society will lack critical thinkers. Sure a few google searches will get you knowledge already known by humanity but how will we progress as society without critical thinkers?

[@2Cen0]

We have also had these teachers who felt their students just HAD to know their sexuality. The school system is failing, partly due to incompetent teachers, the LGBTQ agenda wanting to poison our children's minds while claiming they're not grooming children, and the consequences they get for doing stupid things are mere slaps on the wrist.

[@bigbird4481]

​@@SoraFan23i wasn't given a phone until 18 and I see all these little iPad kids running around and I so thankful I didn't get one until later

[@Sheeshuh]

And the worst part is THEY ARENT EVEN TRYING most of em could be smart asf if they tried to

[@kellmac]

-This is the result of kids seeing the very few young people getting rich off social media. - It's parents not limiting their child's time on social media. - It's parents not wanting to parent, so they give the kids a phone or iPad to entertain them. - It's school districts letting kids go to the next grade when they haven't really passed cuz mom said so (Yes... Parents can make a district pass their kid). - Even COLLEGES are passing certain people just because of color or sexuality. The brain is like a muscle: if you don't use it, it's going to be weak... and stupid af.

[@Americaninparis2012]

This makes me laugh a bit. I've known some kids that write while doing their school work the way they write in social media. By this I mean, the shorthand we generally use are perceived by these kids as actual spelling. Still, it's not too late for these kids. If they become serious with their education, they can finish the rest of their school years and even go onto college. There are plenty of examples of foreign students that come to the US in their teens, not speaking a word of English, that end up getting college degree. I actually blame the society as a whole for allowing stupidity to run rampant. When "flat earth" is a movement, dinosaurs being questioned of ever existing, or politician openly burning/banning books, there isn't really much hope for the upcoming generations.

[@idkwhy77]

Good thing I'll be able to put value to the market for these dummies

[@greencandyy6632]

I don't believe in dinosaurs, but are they actually real? There's evidence of it but it can't be true. God created the Earth with animals and mankind. So it's a manmade fact.

[@spacesharkwriter6554]

Especially dinosaurs existing, I MEAN SERIOUSLY, AND LETS NOT FORGET “BIRDS ARENT REAL”

[@Americaninparis2012]

@@spacesharkwriter6554 Birds aren't real movement was a spoof. The creator pushed the narrative as a way to show how idiotic these conspiracy theories are. There's a funny video of him on a local news interview and he drinks something and starts to vomit instead of answering questions.

[@-originalLemon-]

What do you mean by "shorthand" you mean the short hand that you get in your computer when you drag something?

[@florianpierredumont4775]

As a teacher in France (not the same, but quite similar problems though) I can confirm : > at best 2 years of difference between pre-2000 and post-2000 in scholar capacities. > 10 minutes of attention with teens and y-a, down to 3 minutes with kids. > 10 IQ points less at best with all those born after 2000. > great lack of interest and curiosity, no hobbies, no passions, not reading or playing. > higher anger management problems and use of violence. The causes are multiple : tech, screens, different diet (mostly, sugar and fats, less and less bred), different education, reforms in schooling, coming of different populations, pollution (which raises the chances of diseases and developmental problems), social and family structures transformed, lower expectations from school and society, more individualistic view on society, the list goes on...

[@therefridjerator]

great lack of interest can be categorized into depression

[@bbb7863]

@@therefridjerator it not even that, tech has made it possible for you for you to get endless amounts of sensory pleasure without even trying. In real life, you would actually need to put in the effort. So, what would a kid gravitate towards? Easily pleasure or effort

[@therefridjerator]

@@bbb7863 I think anyone would choose "happiness" over stress

[@Leratryhardeur]

As someone who just passed in high school in France,I can definitely tell my others classmate were stupid people thinking they are king of universe,like seriously they always blame teacher,always blame others,never assume their fault,and are dumb as hell,our teacher tried their best to make us learn thing but others student were just too dumb to understand, they were also always changing the subject about something they saw on tiktok,and etc.... You want a example of how stupid they were?Half of the student didn’t managed to understand that in a exercise you need to use the thickness of a plank to know is height,like come on!Some even writted a complain that the exercise was impossible. Ho wait I forgot,it was during a blank certificate,the moment you train in real condition for end of year exam.I feel sad being actually part of this generation.

[@mikeyturnpaugh9856]

​@@therefridjeratorwell then those people should get helmets cause life is hard. Yes of course people choose happiness over stress and that's why you have alcoholics and drug addicts.parents haven't been teaching kids self respect or self confidence for a long time.its all about babying and thinking you are helping them. But we see the reality now cause theres a whole bunch of younger people that think they are dogs and aliens and made up crap. Needing attention and validation from strangers on social media. Its only going to get worse.

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

Im going back to college after 10 years.... its crazy seeing these "adults" who still cant spell. Benefit is, I'm setting the curve in all my classes 😂😂

[@r0llingp1n71]

As an eighth grader, I can agree that people have gotten dumber. I was raised around intellectuals (which might have had some effect on me) and it is APPALLING how much these kids are struggling to spell and write.

[@henwoo3052]

I've seen stuff like this in my school but it is more on the maths side of things as many people don't know their basic times tables and only about a 3rd of students in my class passed some recent tests.

[@r0llingp1n71]

@@henwoo3052 Dang, there was a girl in my class who had to ask the teacher what 4 x 4 was.

[@Furiousbanner]

it's a sad reality we're living in.

[@jaydencobb4951]

Because they are quite inferior

[@arm4146]

Bro my mom isnt even smart but at least she pushed me to have good grades, i think that their parents should had done their jobs

[@xanderdelion]

I'm just discovering this fantastic video, and I can't believe I missed it earlier. As a teacher working in a different continent, I have several connections and online friends in the same profession all over the globe. It's becoming evident to me that there has been a significant decline in intellectual capabilities among the Gen Z and Alpha generations. Despite my relatively short four-year teaching career at the age of 29, I find myself aligned with the thoughts of my senior colleagues, some of whom have been teaching for over 40 years. Social media and trashy parenting are to blame, and it appears that the governments are liking this, and it's working for them.

[@nixusthefurry]

Well. If i may intrude my opinion on this. Governments either are not fully aware of this collosal f up. OR they are loving this because its so much easier herding a population of fools around rather then people who would call em out. Gov are your enemy the more high tech you are as a society is what i heard before and i think its because the first thing/job of a power structure is to maintain itself. And the dumber the population the easier it is. Especially as the people in charge do not have kids cuz they are selfish nihilists and do not understand future and have no intrest in a legacy. Multiple factors are at play here and i think in the UK anyway , it all points to the 1970s. Because if you start propagnndising the population to not have children cuz muh career then eventually you will get people that are not thinking of the future in a "make a world that is better for my kids" and you start thinking in "i want to have a good life and who gives a fuck about the future cuz ill be dead" attitude. Scuse the cussing. But we are... Not on a good trajectory. I have much more thoughts on this from multiple sections because they are all interlinked but ill leave it here! Thank you and sorry for the wall of text!

[@thedreaded]

Well it can also be teachers. My dad had a terrible math teacher which he had for 3 years (as he was going up in the grades the teacher was also moving to) and the guy didn't even know the math he was teaching. If it wasn't for a tutor he would have had math !messed up for him

[@xanderdelion]

@@thedreaded As you might have gathered from my previous comment, some teachers have dedicated their careers to educating multiple generations, and a common sentiment among them is that Gen Z and Alpha are facing unique educational challenges. While it's easy to attribute this solely to teachers, it may be an oversimplification of the issue. It's undeniable that everyone has had a few mediocre teachers during their formative years, but it might be unfair to pin the blame on educators for the decline in intellectual abilities. Even renowned schools with exceptional teachers are grappling with these challenges. The prevalence of social media and the rise of more passive or less involved parenting are factors that cannot be ignored. They are conspicuous culprits that deserve consideration before pointing fingers solely at teachers.

[@thedreaded]

I'm not saying all of them. Some problems can be parents and other can be teachers and others it could be social media or even just bad freinds@@xanderdelion

[@assassin8636]

It's not always the social media excuse

[@henryholmes3949]

Parents are forgetting they need to teach their kids how to read and write, how to do math and think in general as early as possible. I've noticed kids, nephews and cousins of friends learning to actually read for real at ages like 8, when most of the people we all knew back then started learning not soon after they could talk.

[@Sat191]

"The ancient Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing" - Socrates