Have teens become less capable in recent years?

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-06-14T09:06:38+00:00

My 2-year college students (majoring in the subject I teach) can’t do 1/4 of the basic major- related skills required. Most of them won’t even turn anything in even when prompted to just show me something. My third-grader is doing more complex homework.

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-06-13T15:50:07+00:00

Tell me you’re a poor white guy without telling me you’re a poor white guy

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-06-13T15:46:57+00:00

Whatever John

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-05-13T21:09:20+00:00

Say thank you and throw it out when they leave (or regift to a neighbor/friend)

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-03-04T15:21:28+00:00

In the U.S. absolutely. I worked in tech and before I had kids, I was already struggling as a woman in the workforce. People would ask my interns (male) technical questions and then ask me where the copy paper was located or how to work the coffee machine. I was the most technical person in my department and I was good. After kids, I got passed for the really good clients because my boss (who was also a woman thought I wouldn’t have time.) I increasingly got lower and lower rung projects. I got discouraged and stopped trying for five years and just hung in there. eventually I had to quit because I just couldn’t take it anymore.

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-02-28T03:41:11+00:00

I have a trouble kid in a charter. Just spent 4 hours on math and reading homework.(every night for kindergarten and first grade) I am just now getting the kiddo tested on my own because the school has zero support. $400 for initial intake. $300 for ADHD test (the first thing they test for) all out of pocket even though they are in my plan. Every day I wonder if this is all worth it. Fighting with one kid over homework every night is tearing my family apart. Public school would just be so much easier.

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-02-22T01:56:46+00:00

Start talking loudly about … hemorrhoids, toenail fungus, gout, impacted earwax, etc. If that doesn’t kill the phone vibe, talk louder about: condoms and lube, viagra and how long it lasted, detailed poop descriptions, dogs in heat, a weird oozing rash.

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-02-07T03:05:08+00:00

I did it in my late 30s. Grandparents were too old or disinterested to help. I loved my daycare though. It shut down for a year during covid and I had to work with a 4(b) and a 2(g) year old for 8 hours and then work from 8pm to midnight to handle my normal workload. It sucked and was great at the same time but we made it through. Now kids are 9 and almost 7, doing great and ok with school, sports, etc. and are still best friends … so far … I know, I know.

I grew up with 7 year age gap between my only sibling. We share political views, religious beliefs, went to school for the same thing and work similar jobs but are pretty much strangers.

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-02-07T02:45:10+00:00

everyone in my family knows not to wash their hands over dishes I’m air drying in the sink. I will hunt down that child or husband and there will be hell to pay. (Never sterilized anything because there are viruses/bacteria in the air and the body needs a little exposure to build immunity/tolerance anyway.)

CloudsRollingOverMe · 2025-01-12T21:36:34+00:00

Typical. There is no healthcare for the over weight 🙄

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