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re: Gen Z are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:04 am to SixthAndBarone
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:04 am to SixthAndBarone
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All they have to do is get rid of the woke diversity BS and go back to test scores and merit and this problem goes away.
THIS!!! THIS!!! THIS!!!
It is time to issue "I am sorry your parents allowed you to be inculcated with this bullshite, but reality has come knocking at your door. You have to go back."
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Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:04 am to djmed
where are our tax dollars going and what is happening the schools before college? and how are the colleges even accepting them?
this is an easy fix, just hold a damn standard
this is an easy fix, just hold a damn standard
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:06 am to djmed
60 years of public education
45 years of Department of Education
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30+ years of Americans with Disabilities Act
20 years of No Child Left Behind
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Social media
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This bullshite
45 years of Department of Education
+
30+ years of Americans with Disabilities Act
20 years of No Child Left Behind
+
Social media
=
This bullshite
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:06 am to djmed
The long term effect of this phenomenon is that the people of the USA will vote for Authoritarian Socialism because there will be a vast segment of the population that will be unable to find gainful employment that would permit them to support themselves.
By virtue of the reality of the situation, Government will be compelled to support this vast underclass of people unable to support themselves.
It will be more like the Bread and Circuses of Imperial Rome than we would care to admit.
By virtue of the reality of the situation, Government will be compelled to support this vast underclass of people unable to support themselves.
It will be more like the Bread and Circuses of Imperial Rome than we would care to admit.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:08 am to djmed
As a SRO, I recently had to ask a kid for a written statement. His statement was as follows:
"i aint do nuthin".
That was the entire statement.
"i aint do nuthin".
That was the entire statement.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:08 am to djmed
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It’s leaving colleges no choice but to lower their expectations.
I am pretty sure you have alternate choices that do not involve lowering expectations.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:08 am to loogaroo
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How did they get accepted?
Colleges have become money laundering machines from Fedgov to leftist ideological causes aka “research”. They are no longer primarily focused on learning.
The money doesn’t even pass through the bands of the student. It goes directly to the institutions and then the kid gets what’s leftover. It’s nuts. If you think of it in that light, this sentence from the article can be understood instead of seeming ridiculous:
“no choice but to lower their expectations”
This post was edited on 1/13/26 at 10:11 am
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:10 am to deltaland
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How is this possible when all of them stay on their phones 24/7
Came here to post this. They can read, they just suck at it and have been taught the power of victim mentality.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:13 am to djmed
I saw a video on this about 6 months ago. The conclusion was that the problems are:
a. Elementary schools not teaching phonics.
b. K-12 social promotion (failing a student hurts his/her self-esteem)
c. Colleges accepting students who have no business going to college.
a. Elementary schools not teaching phonics.
b. K-12 social promotion (failing a student hurts his/her self-esteem)
c. Colleges accepting students who have no business going to college.
This post was edited on 1/13/26 at 11:49 am
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:20 am to djmed
My local bar is just down the road from University of West Indies. Standing there and a "valley girl" ordered a beer (exchange rate is 7.5 to US dollar 1). Bartender told her a beer was 12 bucks and she screeched 12 bucks. He said okay Ill give you 2 for 25 and she laughed with joy.........
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:20 am to djmed
I’m a chemical engineering professor and one of my most difficult classes to teach is Mass and Energy Balances. It’s not because the material is particularly difficult, but I have to completely break students’ patterns of “thinking.” These kids are typically ones that have done well in school and fall victim to the “memorize the test, get A, feel good about yourself” that K-12 education has become. I get lots of upset comments about how I don’t give study guides, and that my exam questions are different from homework textbook problems… I have to spend so much time explaining that engineering is about problem solving. That there’s not one single way of doing a problem. That you have to have an understanding of the physics, chemistry, and math concepts to be able to logic out a solution to a problem, and that if you have those fundamentals you can actually solve problems you haven’t been directly taught.
There are bright spots of students who eventually get it, and most of those tend to be athletes. My hypothesis is that students that played competitive sports are more comfortable with negative emotions and understand that failure (on the small scale and in practice) is how you ultimately achieve the learning outcome. That class has become less about teaching the material and more about being a therapist for students who have never faced adversity in anything. I keep hoping that it’s the last variations of the Covid math kids, and that we can return to a more comfortable steady state of expectations, but it’s rough.
There are bright spots of students who eventually get it, and most of those tend to be athletes. My hypothesis is that students that played competitive sports are more comfortable with negative emotions and understand that failure (on the small scale and in practice) is how you ultimately achieve the learning outcome. That class has become less about teaching the material and more about being a therapist for students who have never faced adversity in anything. I keep hoping that it’s the last variations of the Covid math kids, and that we can return to a more comfortable steady state of expectations, but it’s rough.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:22 am to djmed
Parents have failed bigly! How do you not know if your kid can read or write?
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:22 am to djmed
Something tells me "Gen Z..." in this context means a particular demographic of Gen Z.
This post was edited on 1/13/26 at 10:39 am
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:23 am to loogaroo
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How did they get accepted?
DEI
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:24 am to djmed
Mediocrity and participation awards created a very weak generation.....
Thats what poor leadership does for you!
Thats what poor leadership does for you!
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:27 am to Eighteen
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where are our tax dollars going and what is happening the schools before college? and how are the colleges even accepting them?
this is an easy fix, just hold a damn standard
But grades, math, reading and reading comprehenision, are racist now.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:27 am to djmed
They can't read clocks, either.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:27 am to Tantal
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As a SRO, I recently had to ask a kid for a written statement. His statement was as follows:
"i aint do nuthin".
That was the entire statement
Dindu
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:35 am to djmed
My kid is Gen Z and thank God he is properly educated.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:54 am to the808bass
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Wait until you find out that the methodologies we have been using for decades in thousands of public schools across the country don’t teach students how to read.
Things were shitty before covid, but that experiment has really ramped up stupidity.
My wife teaches 5th grade at a rural 90% white, 5% black, 5% Hispanic. Her current class was in kindergarten when covid hit and they stayed home for the next six months.
These kids learned through a keyboard at home and when they made it back to school their teachers were wearing masks. A full 25% of them can't read and nothing is being done about it. The system is teaching the same curriculum they were seven years ago. They are just going through the motions. There isn't time to backtrack. They have to keep moving forward.
It's just sad. I think it's the feature, not a bug. If we are all stupid, does it matter who is properly credentialed or who occupies each job?
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