It's obvious that today's students' taste in music, clothes, and technology has massively changed since 2007, and even more since 1997, but what about the way they learn? The teachers of Reddit were asked this very question, and the differences they revealed between students from each decade are both humorous and troubling.
Some educators observed positive changes, like an increase in overall politeness among young people, and the acceptance of diversity in the classroom. Others, however, noted lower self-confidence, higher anxiety, and an unhealthy dependence on technology and the Internet as only the beginning of the problems learners face in 2017.
Scroll down to find out what teachers from 1997, 2007, and 2017 said about how students have changed over each era, and if you're a teacher yourself, add your testimony at the end!
#81
1997: I hope the guy at the comic shop has the Ranma tapes in the back room.
2007: Lucky Star and Haruhi may be on YouTube, but if I download it the quality is better.
2017: If it's not on Crunchyroll it doesn't exist.
2007: Lucky Star and Haruhi may be on YouTube, but if I download it the quality is better.
2017: If it's not on Crunchyroll it doesn't exist.
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#82
I don't know what the solution is but I do know that school should be a place of respect -- and that is not happening. The girls dress like hookers, the guys dress like gangbangers. The kids don't obey the teachers. And the parents don't respect the teachers. No wonder I had an MBA student tell me that Nepal is in Europe. Oh god.
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#83
15th year teaching:
'97 - (I was a high school student) If a student was failing, the parents blamed the student.
'07 - If a student was failing, the parents wanted a parent-teacher conference to discuss how we could work together to help the student.
'17 - If the student is failing, the student must be bored in the class because he is either gifted (and we were too dumb to notice) or the teacher is bad at her job -- or -- the teacher "HATES MY CHILD AND I WANT MY CHILD MOVED TO ANOTHER CLASS" -- or -- the teacher "is a racist" -- or -- "public schools are stupid and I'm going to homeschool my precious child to protect her from all these stupid teachers and homework and blah blah blah..." -- or -- *insert any excuse here that does NOT put the parents or child in the center of the blame*.
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#84
I think as a society we are doomed!
-4points
#85
The difference between 2017 students and 2007 students is ten. The difference between 2007 students and 1997 students is also ten.
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-6points
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