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2026-03-24 -Great Cultural Revolution

Gen Z ‐ the first generation officially dubbed dumber than the last

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-24 01:29|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1820 views ] Top

1 Brought to you by the NEA.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-24 07:35|| 2026-03-24 07:35|| Front Page Top

2 there are some great on line education tools

I've seen them

for math
for reading
for geography

However, the time spent in social networking reduces the time available for education

Facebook
Tik Tok
Instagram
X
Etc.

a voluntary block of these sites for 2 hours each evening would perhaps turn the game around

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-03-24 09:17|| 2026-03-24 09:17|| Front Page Top

3 Most of the tests for these attributes are verbal, whether written or oral, so a decrease in literacy (can you say smart phone?) will be reflected in a decrease in most of these measurements. Now the decrease in memory... that's a real issue. Likely for the same cause... 30 second attention spans mandated by the cell phone world.

Posted by Mercutio 2026-03-24 09:31|| 2026-03-24 09:31|| Front Page Top

4 @3 And YouTube and many other social media sites

Posted by Chantry 2026-03-24 16:02|| 2026-03-24 16:02|| Front Page Top

5 Common core and COVID fucked that generation.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-03-24 23:10|| 2026-03-24 23:10|| Front Page Top

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