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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ANOTHER LEGACY OF THE PARTICIPATION TROPHIES
AREN’T YOU ALL LEARNING ANYTHING????
I cannot stand rude. It says.. “I am superior to you.”, which is a hard put down. And a self proclaimed platform, of superiorit.
It certainly can be done, no question about that.
And it can be, and I’ve seen it often, a disaster.
It’s an option, but all too often, it turns out to be a bad one.
Personally, I want my children to be smarter than I am and my grandchildren to be smarter than them.
Continue the lyric.
We don't need no thought control.
From "Another Brick In The Wall" (1979) by Pink Floyd
Add it to "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" from the same album "The Wall"
When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who
Would hurt the children in any way they could
By pouring their derision upon anything we did
Exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kid
But in the town, it was well known, when they got home at night
Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives
They knew more than 45 years ago that it was thought control taught by mentally ill people.
You are so right. Thanks for pointing this out.
I sure wouldn’t want to be a teacher in these public asylums where people store their kids either. Way too many mental issues including wanting to wipe out their classmates with guns. When they aren’t pondering their genitals, they’re thinking up ways to sneak guns into the “school”.
You forgot that they believe that climate change will cause us to cease to exist in a few years.
I’m familiar.
The song was about the school system repressing creativity and indoctrinating them into cogs in the wheel in post WW2 England.
The kind of thing similar to the just teach the three R’s and produce factory workers or similar.
Not everyone fits in that mold.
If the kid shows interest and skill in something different, like music or the arts, a trade, entrepreneurship, agriculture etc, their options are limited in that system.
Expand it. Give the kids options and opportunities to pursue their interests and talents. We’d all be better for it.
You clearly don’t get it. I know a number of teachers and they are saying the same thing and are quitting.
I kinda get it.
I know teachers including one of my daughters. Heard all the complaints.
Thing is, people suck, their kids suck, can’t save them all, can’t even educate them all.
Saying screw this and walking away isn’t an option for a society that wishes to survive because it’s hard.
As the spouse of a teacher, I’d say this is 10,000%correct.
Many, many, many kids these days are feral, and/or cannot be controlled AT ALL to respond to a learning environment!!!
Teachers have no weapons in their arsenal to keep kids focused on learning.
Kids are ignorant, sarcastic,cruel,manipulative, disrespectful,disruptive and NOTHING IS DONE BY ADMIN to counteract this. As a matter of fact, they reward this behavior by looking the other way, or telling teachers, “deal with it”, or simply ignore requests for some sort of disciplinary action, cause they’re afraid of being sued by ignorant parents.
Parenting sux in most of problem kids, who soil an entire classroom, or school !
I failed to mention my spouse would quit today if possible,
I give it 2 years b4 being done, and will not be looking back w any regret!
And it will be A LONG 2 years for me hearing one horror story after another, daily!
Uh, well, if I were a teacher I would walk away. Some have been physically hurt. This is the breakdown of an existing and bad system. A new and better system, not necessarily public schools, will replace it.
This is what school used to be like. Now that home schooling is taking off, looks like we're returning to our roots.
I’d walk away too honestly. It’s stressful.
Problem is, there is no system that can solve the problem of horrible human beings.
You say that like it’s a good thing.
Yes. Tim Tebow was home schooled but Florida law allowed him to play football in the local district he resided in.
That’s an example that proves . . . What exactly?
Just pointing out someone who’s famous and how home schooling worked out for him.
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