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submitted 2 days ago by honesthenery to c/FuckTheUSA@lemmy.ca

Teachers across America are sharing the same disturbing stories about what’s happening inside today’s classrooms. From extreme student behavior and disrespect to teacher burnout, lack of accountability, and frustrated parents, educators say something has fundamentally changed.

In this compilation and reaction, we hear directly from teachers describing their experiences with Gen Alpha students and the growing challenges facing schools today.

Are these isolated incidents, or are we witnessing a much bigger crisis in education?

Watch the teachers’ stories and decide for yourself. If you’re a teacher, share what you’re seeing in your own classroom in the comments.

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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Stupid clickbait title and thumbnail aside, they’ve been saying the same about each generation since at least when I was at school.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Every generation has a complaint, but my kid is a teacher and has been physically assaulted by students, that was not even an entertained possibility in our school days.

But parents are the root problem. There are kids not doing any homework, getting low marks and parents upset at the low mark sending chatgpt tips on how the teacher can help the child's marks improve by these simple steps. LOL.

Parents barging into an active teaching classroom and demanding an interview with teacher immediately.

Parents claiming their child feels lonely when they wander the room during lesson time, so teacher should let all kids wander if they want so their kid doesn't feel excluded.

This type of 0 expectation and 0 accountability is preparing these kids for nothing in life.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

Stuff like that happened in my mum’s day when she was a teacher though. Particularly with the entitled parents who just didn’t give a shit and would come into PT nights with a very aggressive “butter wouldn’t melt” attitude about their angel. Maybe technology has made some things more immediate and acute though, like how the kids can’t even get away from their bullies at home anymore.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, tech and lack of boundaries has moved it from wait till PT night, to bursting into classroom disrupting everyone.

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