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It's been the same for my kids. Another thing I've noticed is that post-covid they've come home from school with more stories of the teachers just putting on v

It's been the same for my kids. Another thing I've noticed is that post-covid they've come home from school with more stories of the teachers just putting on videos and having the kids watch that, or else they just read crap on their tablets. What I'm saying is, it seems like education has also changed post-covid. It's like the teachers are still remote-teaching even though everybody's in the classroom. This is public school, and maybe that's how they do it these days?

analognoise 3y ago
I’ve noticed that too! So many videos. “We watched a movie today” - what? Is there some catalog of how many videos and things are watched during school hours, because I never remember that as a kid. Yes it would have been a VCR rolled out and all that, but if I wanted them to just watch a movie I could do that from home. So weird.
- Jensson 3y ago
  > Is there some catalog of how many videos and things are watched during school hours I remember watching video 4 times in school total. At the time teachers didn't know how to start the video player so a kid always did that, the teachers weren't used to showing videos in class at all.
  - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
    I remember video weeks at school, it was definitely a thing in the late 80s/early 90s. But then we also had study hall in Mississippi, where you spent one or two periods a day just sitting in a room doing absolutely nothing. The year I left, they wanted to make it mandatory (with the excuse that kids weren't getting enough time to do their homework, but it was really about saving money).
tkgally 3y ago
I went to public school in California in the 1960s and early 1970s. I remember a lot of time spent watching films and television programs during class. Sometimes the films had relevant educational content, but I realized even at the time that the main purpose was to pacify the children and give the teacher a break. The worst case I remember was a social studies teacher in junior high school who, during the World Series, turned on the classroom television to the game and had us all watch it with him.

analognoise 3y ago

I’ve noticed that too! So many videos. “We watched a movie today” - what? Is there some catalog of how many videos and things are watched during school hours, because I never remember that as a kid. Yes it would have been a VCR rolled out and all that, but if I wanted them to just watch a movie I could do that from home. So weird.

Jensson 3y ago
> Is there some catalog of how many videos and things are watched during school hours I remember watching video 4 times in school total. At the time teachers didn't know how to start the video player so a kid always did that, the teachers weren't used to showing videos in class at all.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  I remember video weeks at school, it was definitely a thing in the late 80s/early 90s. But then we also had study hall in Mississippi, where you spent one or two periods a day just sitting in a room doing absolutely nothing. The year I left, they wanted to make it mandatory (with the excuse that kids weren't getting enough time to do their homework, but it was really about saving money).

tkgally 3y ago

I went to public school in California in the 1960s and early 1970s. I remember a lot of time spent watching films and television programs during class. Sometimes the films had relevant educational content, but I realized even at the time that the main purpose was to pacify the children and give the teacher a break. The worst case I remember was a social studies teacher in junior high school who, during the World Series, turned on the classroom television to the game and had us all watch it with him.