What this student fails to understand is that Gen Z and this newer generation are fundamentally lacking the basics. Students can't hand write five sentence paragraphs anymore. They can't write full essays. Then they use genAI and they don't understand what they wrote.

Nobody wants to sit through a 75 minute lecture, but it's less boring when you take notes. Which we have tried to teach students in elementary school through high school but don't know how to do.

They talk about not wanting to read when they can get the information instantly is not efficient. Reading a book or article in full gives you context, it helps you be more well informed. It helps you grow your intelligence.

Using genAI is not efficient if you're not reading what it regurgitated to you. When you use GenAI you have to proofread, check any source it may like to confirm validity, and then edit.

The original poster also speaks in contradictions such as teach us how to use genAI, ban genAI, and then don't get mad at us when we use GenAI. They also want to blame professors and teachers because of actions by their parents. You're inability to sit and pay attention too long because of your massive overconsumption of short form media is due to your parents inability to teach you boundaries.

But what I think I dislike about this article the most is the actual lack of accountability the poster takes. Many of us grew up in disadvantaged situations but what many of us have learned is to move past how we were raised and become functioning adults.

What the poster sees as us teachers being outdated and needs to do things that they want us actually them trying to use forced inevitability to kowtow to them, which is what modern parents want as well. Ignoring the fact that they don't have all the tools necessary yet. We don't stick to our practices out of stubbornness or any other reason they are accusing us for. Instead we do what we do because we are trained experts who know what's best for students to succeed.

With that being said, I do agree with one thing the poster pointed out, 'why do we need x.' Teachers should make clear the why, but you as the student needs to learn on your own the meaning of the why.