This is more about kids spending too much time on the internet and electronics, not poor teaching. I'm an elementary teacher in rural Indiana. I garden, homestead, etc. Kids today live on devices. This affects them more than anything. Like the article says kids today are less motivated, less creative, easily bored, and do not want to put forth any effort. Teachers are usually restricted from what they can do because of politicians telling teachers how to teach. If I was not forced to give standardized tests and teach a state curriculum, my students would be getting a completely different education. Are there bad teachers out there? Yes. But this issue is so much more than teachers... The biggest issue is politicians telling teachers what to do, followed by bad parenting and overuse of electronics. Covid has made electronic use worse because so many teachers were forced to teach remotely. Now every kids K-12 has a school owned device to use throughout the day.
This is more about kids spending too much time on the internet and electronics, not poor teaching. I'm an elementary teacher in rural Indiana. I garden, homestead, etc. Kids today live on devices. This affects them more than anything. Like the article says kids today are less motivated, less creative, easily bored, and do not want to put forth any effort. Teachers are usually restricted from what they can do because of politicians telling teachers how to teach. If I was not forced to give standardized tests and teach a state curriculum, my students would be getting a completely different education. Are there bad teachers out there? Yes. But this issue is so much more than teachers... The biggest issue is politicians telling teachers what to do, followed by bad parenting and overuse of electronics. Covid has made electronic use worse because so many teachers were forced to teach remotely. Now every kids K-12 has a school owned device to use throughout the day.