modestmeme comments on It keeps getting worse. I can't predict or even imagine what will happen, this sort of complete failure of education is unprecedented.

[–] modestmeme@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Parents are 100% the problem. You need to instill a sense of wonder, a willingness to learn, and some notion of a work ethic well before the kids first enter school. Like racism and misogyny, stupidity is learned.

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

As I like to say "little shits grow up to be big shits"

And there a lot of big shits around. One of them is president of the US.

On a brighter note my friend with kids who are about 11 years old had to explain to their kids what racism even is and that there were wars fought over skin color. The kids were very confused and said "that is just sutupid. Why would it matter what color they are ?" (This was prompted because the kids have a half black friend and someone said something about it)

But yeah. I'm not even old and I really sound like a boomer but I'm seriously scared for most kids of today, raised by an iPad programmed with malicious intent to addict them and make them worship corpos, its ingrained in them now.

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[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 child)

I don't know man, I've done a whole 180 from who I was raised to be. Give the kids a chance.

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Totally, it can happen (I also came from a death cult family who is now 100% maga, hardly talk to them now) but let's be honest, who people are at 13-16 is who they are their whole life 98% of the time. Even look at music taste. The large majority never listen to anything outside what they liked at 16.

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