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Aussie105

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2. It's the distraction kids have these days.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2023, 09:00 PM

Dec 2023

They live in the 'here and now' world of sensory overload.
No time to think, learn, and plan a future.

I grew up in a country town before TV reached it, and slide rules and log books were the high tech tools you used in school.
No cell phones, no computers. No calculators.
It helped.
Plenty of time to study, think and make plans for a future.

But I'm sure teachers will get the blame. They always do.

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Teens' math, reading in unprecedented decline, says OECD - Reuters [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2023 OP

On the Road to Idiocracy. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2023 #1

It's the distraction kids have these days. Aussie105 Dec 2023 #2

Probably the teacher shortages more than mobile phone usage IronLionZion Dec 2023 #3

I noticed a change when the schools were re-opened after the Pandemic. no_hypocrisy Dec 2023 #4

Yet, I bet they all passed and moved on to the next grade MichMan Dec 2023 #5

Correct no_hypocrisy Dec 2023 #6

I Didn't Notice That ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #8

Minnesota middle school bans cellphone use, yielding surprising results progree Dec 2023 #7