• Starya67@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    A friend of mine just lost his job as a professor because the iPad kids don’t hand in assignments and he gets blamed when they fail their course.

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      8 days ago

      Yep I totally get it. Covid didn’t help these kids either.

      In the US, it’s a huge multi-faceted problem. We’ve successfully undermined our teachers at almost every step of the way. We guarantee zero parental leave and protections when parents have children. It’s very difficult to have a family without both parents working. There’s many reasons why kids are not performing at university levels when they get there.

      I can’t get worked up about it the way the internet always seems to get its panties in a bunch about it. I make sure my child is ready for the next step in their education and ignore the discourse.