This Thread Has Teachers Revealing How Kids Have Changed Over The Years, And Here Are 45 Interesting Responses

Me too and a lot of them are transphobic

I do see your point, but it doesn't always mean they learnt it from their family

I know a narcissitic sociopath whos family did everything they could to raise them right, but there they are. There is something deeply broken in that person. Some people really are born different.

Just means they learned it somewhere else

You were a 'beard ' lol

If we're talking about the USA here, the newer generations do have more to worry about. It's a hard and fast fact. The planet is dying and many governments are doing next to nothing, late stage capitalism is getting worse and worse, the housing crisis is getting worse, college is getting more expensive, inflation and shrinkflation bode very bad things, we're headed into an economic recession and social policy is regressing very quickly.

Perhaps we live in times where the stress is impossible to deal with. They're forced to sit gathered together in a building for several hours every weekday where at any moment someone could bust in and massacre everyone, knowing that the police will just hide & wait until the shooter runs out of bullets/victims. And in the aftermath, all they see are politicians wanting to make guns even MORE accessible. No wonder these kids are teetering on the edge of mental collapse.

true. thx for correcting me! still the truth is really sad...

Instead of downvoting spam bots why aren't people reporting them as spam? Wouldn't it make more sense for BP to look for and remove spam rather than someone's post for merely getting downvoted? Am I missing something?

You can't compare the two, different generations, different times, different stressors. Plus that generation were taught to hide stress/ mental health issues so they would struggle alone. Now we are asking people to be more open and talk so inevitably it's now more prevalent.

Well said. Sad but true.

I agree college costs too much; I actually said that on another comment on this page. There's no reason for the high cost, either, except that it goes to a few administrators at the top. (Many college instructors struggle to repay their own loans because of low pay.) If you're going to teach, you'll be using the skills I mentioned as you find ways to present material, engage students, build assignment sequences, etc. As far as wanting a specific job, I did say in a previous reply that a few majors do lead to specific jobs. English education can be (but isn't always) one of those few. Not sure where you got the idea I think students should have a "'if I fail at least I'm learning' mentality" so not addressing that.

There's no guarantee of a related job in the field you study though, so "degree" = "job" means you could spend money and time just having frat parties, doing the bare minimum to scrape a pass and get a job immediately on graduation. That's clearly not the case. Throw in the fact employers just see "degree" without caring for context. Example - we have a young man still in probation at our office. He has a Master's in Computer. science. His job is Tech support and he doesn't know how to identify the hard drive on the motherboard. Making him pretty useless at this job, despite his education. (He's willing to learn though, and has English as a second language, so he's clearly got some smarts - his boss holds no university degree, but has masses of experience and courses from technical colleges).

Think of it this way: if you study biology, you could become a biology researcher, go on to med school, go into veterinary science, etc. You could even go into science journalism. If you study car repair, you're going to do car repair. The biology degree prepares you for many things, while the auto repair degree prepares you for one. Both are good, but they're different, and the biology degree has a less clear career path. The student with the biology degree will likely have to work harder to figure out how to start their career (which path to choose). Many students become disillusioned when they realize this. While I wouldn't say I was disillusioned (and I found work right out of school), it did take me a few years to figure out my career path.

There are very few university majors that lead to a specific job (things like law or nursing do, but most do not). Even majors like business do not teach you a particular job. You learn the job on the job. Technical colleges teach fewer, more focused skills you use in a particular type of job that will be consistent from employer to employer (hairdresser, HVAC repair, etc.). Until recently, university education was worthwhile because white collar employers saw a university degree as evidence that you had skills they wanted (persistence, the ability to learn, the ability to make good decisions). They hired new grads based on their potential and trained them on the job. But today, employers' expectations have changed and many want both education and experience. That's partly because so many more people have university degrees that employers need a way to narrow down candidates.

I agree. Service dogs are actually trained. Emotional Support Animals are pets that you have a strong bond with. Someone who lives in my complex has demanded bringing her ES dog to the pool, which means people who are severely allergic can no longer go there. It's a puppy and has had no training whatsoever. We almost got the pool shut down b/c she was bringing it into the water with her. If its your own pool, go for it. But if its a public pool, thats not ok.

What YOU don’t understand is that “back in the day” jobs weren’t necessarily plentiful. Not even with a university degree, because the employers back then wanted real life experience not some “wet behind the ears, jumped up know-it-all, who thinks having a piece of paper is better than experience”. I’m sorry and disgusted that your mental condition has been ridiculed, that’s NOT ok. I’m here 100% to connect with you & describe the difference between what you have been told vs. the reality I and my peers lived. Oh, and don’t designate your snuggle companion as service unless they are certified.

my replies have turned a total mismatched mess, sry about this to any readers

kids discomfort stress concern struggle is ignored the lecture's too those i suppose thats the world we live in money over lives time n time again thank you jb for taking the time to enlighten me with ur perspective i enjoy discussion

ty but i think its progress that this level of edu is open to more ppl. I agree with you on the degree perhaps not being the best litmus test for employees. there are alternatives like hnc hnd etc apprenticeship. i do think lecturers, and their modules should be externally regulated. i also think less pressure should be put on lecturers and teachers in general. and their union demands should be taken mire seriously by higher ups in uni. im only a kid, and know only from my limited experience. its true in my exp that i find some lects push their stress onto kids. or expect unrealistic amounts as they are unregulated in the work load they...