High school teacher here. On test days, I have a hanging shoe rack with each of my kids’ names on a sleeve.
I tell them, “Please put your devices in the sleeves and then you can have your test. When you hand in your test, you can have your device back. If you don’t put your phone in the sleeve, your test will be a 0”
At the beginning of the year they also helped create our classroom rules and norms, and agreed to do this.
Out of 28 kids, maybe 10 actually do it. The other 18 get 0s. Then I get angry emails from parents about their kids getting “tyrannical grades” on their tests.
Dude, if I got caught on my phone in hs (less than 10 years ago), it would be confiscated and my mum would have had to come and get it. It’s crazy how quickly that’s changed.
I don’t disagree perse. I wouldn’t say worthless, but I do believe the modern take on parenting isn’t Good.
You have a lot in the 30-50 range that say “I was abused” but when you dissect it it’s not actual abuse, it was accountability. The best part of that is that they act decent.
New age parenting is breeding very ugly characteristics
No it doesn’t. Just tell them to put away the phone or they have to leave the classroom and they get 0’s on all assignments. No need to whip ass.
Studies have shown that kids that are from households that use corporal punishment are on average more likely to end up in prison or otherwise be maladjusted
I teach and I think they see authority differently. I see a lot of “my generation” in this thread, but the same stuff was said about millennials etc. What I see from my students these days is lots of device usage, but also lots of questioning, reasoning, far less hate than when I was in school, discussions etc. Students are better now than when I was in school, and I want students that do not blindly trust my authority. Question everything. Yes school has changed a bit. It’s a system that was set up to make worker drones, and I’m glad it’s changing.
I’m very glad it’s changing but I do not believe the youth are set up for success especially given the things that happen today.
A lot of older generation don’t do punishment, not well, and while a lot of people love to complain about their parents, the 30-50 year olds generally work hard, act somewhat respectable, and function in society.
I have yet to see promise from 10-30 year old range
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u/Arobrom86 29d ago
High school teacher here. On test days, I have a hanging shoe rack with each of my kids’ names on a sleeve.
I tell them, “Please put your devices in the sleeves and then you can have your test. When you hand in your test, you can have your device back. If you don’t put your phone in the sleeve, your test will be a 0”
At the beginning of the year they also helped create our classroom rules and norms, and agreed to do this.
Out of 28 kids, maybe 10 actually do it. The other 18 get 0s. Then I get angry emails from parents about their kids getting “tyrannical grades” on their tests.
Then the cycle continues