You're far too kind. I lack the patience and the time for the most part. I think we live in a much more polarized world today than we did 10 and 20 years ago and people would rather live in their own echo chambers that reinforce their narrow world views than allow external opinions and dare I say FACTS alter them.
We as a country have largely lost our critical thinking ability, to me that's demonstrated anytime I turn on the idiot box (TV) in my house. This IMO is the core reason our country is in the shape it's in. Well, that and "social media" like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and others where people can pop off and say the first thing they think of making it available for all the world to see, without thinking about it first.
I personally would love to see Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and the rest of those "services" just disappear one night and never return. In most cases, people would never say directly (face to face) the things they say on those services and back in my day, if they did they'd likely get a well deserved good punch in the mouth for doing so.
As I said, I'm old. Perhaps I'm just "getting too old for thi sh*t" as Danny Glover said in Lethal Weapon.
Oh, and get off my lawn!
Oh, and get off my lawn!
To be honest, much of my posting here is to clarify my own thoughts by putting them in writing. Sometimes it is fun to see how stupid people are.
But this is a classroom and you are the teacher. Lots of responsibility with being older and maybe wiser.................