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I dunno, man. I get the frustration, but part of me also feels like this guy is banging his against against a cultural change and just giving up. Rock music. Ca

I dunno, man. I get the frustration, but part of me also feels like this guy is banging his against against a cultural change and just giving up. Rock music. Cable TV. Video games. The Internet. iPhones. Every generation has that thing their parents generation think is ruining them. I have a hard time believing he can’t simply ban their active use in class. If he can’t for some bureaucratic reason, then maybe he needs to figure out how to get educational value out of the situation. Have them do TikTok videos explaining biology topics. Who knows. Times are changing. Gotta change with them…

arrowsmith 2y ago
I enjoyed rock music, cable TV, videogames and the internet as a kid, but they weren't present in my school classrooms.
- out-of-ideas 2y ago
  exactly - they didnt interrupt the classes/studends; and ones that tried to have ear-buds in were caught and told no. even at university some classes were "laptopless" which was striking to me. at a uni an individual "wants" to go and learn - and therefore should hopefully be able to control how they learn (albeit some folks could distract others with non-coursework videos playing). the challenge now is the younger generations bring laptops/phones into class and works with them daily as part of their toolset (at least the laptop part) might be great idea to learn off a laptop, but there will be consequences; reminds me of the drafting classes i took: drafting on a sheet with paper/pencil the kids messed around significantly less than when in front of computers when using autocad i can see it being more difficult of a problem now though, and i would think that all except a few classes should be device-less; esp for younger generation where they likely dont yet know about how they learn themselves - but im no expert. id gamble there are many parents out there that let their younger-and-younger kids do anything on a phone/pc without oversight. too many people think having a 'phone' is a safty feature and cannot live without it - personally im delighted to not have mine constantly attached to me
- chasing 2y ago
  All four of those things were present in my classroom experience, and I’m an 80s-90s kid. They were just in their proper place. I’m obviously not advocating for kids just totally tuning out and fucking with their phones all day.

arrowsmith 2y ago

I enjoyed rock music, cable TV, videogames and the internet as a kid, but they weren't present in my school classrooms.

out-of-ideas 2y ago
exactly - they didnt interrupt the classes/studends; and ones that tried to have ear-buds in were caught and told no. even at university some classes were "laptopless" which was striking to me. at a uni an individual "wants" to go and learn - and therefore should hopefully be able to control how they learn (albeit some folks could distract others with non-coursework videos playing). the challenge now is the younger generations bring laptops/phones into class and works with them daily as part of their toolset (at least the laptop part) might be great idea to learn off a laptop, but there will be consequences; reminds me of the drafting classes i took: drafting on a sheet with paper/pencil the kids messed around significantly less than when in front of computers when using autocad i can see it being more difficult of a problem now though, and i would think that all except a few classes should be device-less; esp for younger generation where they likely dont yet know about how they learn themselves - but im no expert. id gamble there are many parents out there that let their younger-and-younger kids do anything on a phone/pc without oversight. too many people think having a 'phone' is a safty feature and cannot live without it - personally im delighted to not have mine constantly attached to me
chasing 2y ago
All four of those things were present in my classroom experience, and I’m an 80s-90s kid. They were just in their proper place. I’m obviously not advocating for kids just totally tuning out and fucking with their phones all day.