Posted on 08/17/2024 3:55:12 PM PDT by Morgana
eachers are quitting in droves as a new generation of appallingly behaved students push their patience to the limit.
Born between roughly 2010 and the end of 2024, Generation Alpha will make up the largest cohort of children ever to live on planet earth.
However, the two billion-plus toddlers and pre-teens are already being cited for their illiteracy, unruly behavior and an uncontrollable addiction to screens.
Many blame lockdowns and school closures during the pandemic for the rise in bad behavior, while some are pointing the finger at Millennial parents who are opting to distract children with technology rather than properly discipline them.
Now a new bombshell study has revealed the devastating impact this has had on school life, with 26 percent of public schools reporting that a lack of focus among 'iPad' students has had a 'severe negative impact' on teacher morale.
On top of low morale, a separate April study revealed that 92 percent of leadership at public schools were concerned that students were not meeting academic standards, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Two years earlier, NCES reported that 44 percent of all public schools were operating without a full teaching staff.
That year also featured the lowest job satisfaction levels among teachers of all time - only 12 percent - according to 2022 research published by Brown University.
In May of this year alone, 59,000 teachers and other educational staff quit their jobs in the United States according to a poll by Statista, leaving their thankless job in favor of a more 'fulfilling' career.
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[Compulsory Education needs to be ended. You can’t force anyone to learn.]
“Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too.”
- Judge Smalls (Ted Knight), Caddyshack, Orion Pictures, 1980
Not surprising since the teachers are not allowed to discipline them and the schools are not allowed to expel the worst students. Back in my school days, if you acted up, the teacher or principal would literally bust your a$$. And if you dared to threaten or strike a teacher, you were permanently thrown out of school. No “alternative school” where you continued your bad behavior with a different teacher. Just expelled. Bye! Sia-nary! Gone!
When it comes to you/me being broke or them being broke, who is going to be broke?
LOL!! YOU ARE FUZZY!!
A lot of options...every private school is different.
Democrats need the teacher’s union. If that goes there is no reason for public education. Democrats ruin everything.
I think we need 4 education paths:
1) Government schools that are basically baby sitting young trouble makers who will almost certainly end up in prison eventually. Children who are not problematic should not go to these government-funded schools.
2) Government schools for children with special needs. They need care and some of that care may be expensive. Society should fund schools for kids who need help.
3) A variety of private schools should exist. With school choice, parents should receive a certain amount of money from tax revenues which can be spent on private education. There is no reason that private schools need to cost $40,000 a year. Some would. Most could be high quality but affordable. No trouble makers. No special needs. No heavy layer of school administrators. Just teach kids who want to be taught. Doesn’t have to be expensive.
4) Home schooling is pretty darn cheap. It’s easier than many would assume and it’s better than government schools.
My overall view:
Society sometimes demands a PERFECT solution that will work for 100% of the population. When that is seen to be out-of-reach (it always will be) society falls back on a “general” solution which totally sucks for everyone (this is where we are today).
I think we could have a totally re-worked view of education that would work well and be affordable for 80-90% of the population. This would be light-years better than what we today. Yup — it sure would suck for 10-20% of the kids. But it sucks for 100% of them now.
People who demand perfect solutions are basically sabotaging good solutions.
I don’t see the correlation.
If you go on YouTube, you find plenty of horror stories of teachers who have quit. The basic story is its due to a combination of low pay, insane rules and unreasonable demands for documentation by school administators, increasing feral children, an inability to discipline & maintain order in the classroom (thanks to the rules). Further, there are no real consequences for kids acting up, even if they injure a teacher.
Again, I don’t blame good people for fleeing a madhouse. Unfortunately, the only teachers left are the ones who are batsh!t crazy themselves.
I agree with what you said. We should give tax refunds for parents home schooling their children.
Who thinks this is by accident? It is intentional. It is by design.
Since puberty, yes.
Soros must be happy to the core. This is why he has been pumping into liberal programs and people.
Good post.
At least the two kids were sitting in their seats. Parents allow their brats throw food on the floor and run around the dining room - at least they did before covid. Probably the brats are still doing that.
Don’t have the energy or desire to address all points right now.
Some of the generalizations you’ve made though can be immediately dismissed though.
No one who looks for perfection should be taken seriously.
School doesn’t suck for 100% of the students.
There will always be horrible people, including children.
Private schools, and I attended a few, don’t necessarily educate people more effectively compared to public schools. Their one benefit is being able to not accept the kids that are horrible. My daughters attended public schools and state universities , with another going to a private university, and got a much better education than I did, especially in math and science.
How many people do you know from your life experience would you trust to teach your children at home? For me the percentage is really low. Teaching is a skill that even the doctors, engineers, ministers and lawyers I know don’t possess.
Yep, all part of the plan.
Retired teacher here: Bingo!!
Home school. I Have two kids, both married, that home school. And both families have paid off their homes - in their 30s. It can be done.
Them hooligans...
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