I also hear technology is destroying what is left of their actual class time. Kids are now given laptops so they have plenty of opportunity to tune out class wo

I also hear technology is destroying what is left of their actual class time. Kids are now given laptops so they have plenty of opportunity to tune out class work and do whatever they want and the teachers just have to deal with it. When I was in school tech gadgets were confiscated be it a beeper, gameboy, calculator or walkman, and later on, cellular phones. Just last night I was talking about this with my brother who told me about his co worker who is a former NYC school teacher. He said he spent half of his teaching time telling kids to stop playing fortnight or browsing social media. After talking to my brother I called a friend who is a 4th grade teacher and said he also deals with social media browsing and gaming in class. Feels like we're actively working on building an actual Idiocracy.