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> students that don't respect their teachers Depends on where you teach. Some communities are much better than others. I believe the majority of those readi

> students that don't respect their teachers Depends on where you teach. Some communities are much better than others. I believe the majority of those reading this message have kids who respect their teachers (or if you had kids they would). You also live in an area where other kids respect their teachers if you have a choice (some of you don't, but if you have the choice and you will make that choice). Near where I live there is an "inner city" school where the average teacher has been teaching for about 9 months - despite many teachers who have been there are 30 years. The typically teacher works just long enough to get some experience and then gets a job at a "suburban" school that pays less(!) but the students respect the teachers more. > low-attention span of kids due to tech. Kids have always been low attention span. Things are probably better than before because we have ADHD treatments that work that we just ignored in the past. Blaming tech is just the latest thing, but you can always find parents blaming low attention span on whatever the latest fad to blame it on is. Truth is kids are not really "designed" to sit in a classroom for hours every day - but it is still the best way we have to set them up for a modern life so we force it anyway.

ge96 1y ago
I think it's a thing with regard to tik tok videos for example where they use split-screening (main content plays on top, and some car doing flips plays on the bottom) Also when I was in school we didn't have smart phones, at least a slide phone with a full qwerty keyboard was the latest thing, can do a lot less than a full computer in your pocket/social media
- ryandrake 1y ago
  Most of my kid's friends can't even get through a feature-length movie--even one made for kids. Every time there's a lull in the action for 10 seconds or more, the phones come out (or they start talking with each other, if no phones are present). If that happens more than 3-5 times, they're pretty much checked out and usually just leave the room. It's got to be constant stimulation and/or constant dialog to keep them interested. A slow, panning shot across some scenery? Forget it.
  - ge96 1y ago
    Yeah and a lot of the popular videos on YouTube it's a new scene/jump cut like every second or two Tangent hard work is not appreciated too because a project that took months to work on is condensed to a 3 min video as if it happened overnight, not worth attempting when seeing how hard something is to do/discouarging

ge96 1y ago

I think it's a thing with regard to tik tok videos for example where they use split-screening (main content plays on top, and some car doing flips plays on the bottom) Also when I was in school we didn't have smart phones, at least a slide phone with a full qwerty keyboard was the latest thing, can do a lot less than a full computer in your pocket/social media

ryandrake 1y ago
Most of my kid's friends can't even get through a feature-length movie--even one made for kids. Every time there's a lull in the action for 10 seconds or more, the phones come out (or they start talking with each other, if no phones are present). If that happens more than 3-5 times, they're pretty much checked out and usually just leave the room. It's got to be constant stimulation and/or constant dialog to keep them interested. A slow, panning shot across some scenery? Forget it.
- ge96 1y ago
  Yeah and a lot of the popular videos on YouTube it's a new scene/jump cut like every second or two Tangent hard work is not appreciated too because a project that took months to work on is condensed to a 3 min video as if it happened overnight, not worth attempting when seeing how hard something is to do/discouarging