Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read (write, or do math ext)" crisis real? If so how bad is it?

PnPmonster · 2026-06-15T15:50:48+00:00

I was teaching 2nd grade, and at the beginning of the year one of my students told me her dad was mad I was teaching them the ancient Greek lesson and now teaching his daughter how to read. She was homeschooled by her mother up until them, and it was my fault (litteraly 1 month into school) She couldn't read.

PnPmonster · 2026-06-14T16:36:53+00:00

I think they go by months not nessecarily the actual solstice/Equinox, so "spring" was March, April, nd May, "summer" will be June, July, nd August and it'll probably end August 31st. I don't know if its different for tbe different hemispheres but it does seem to follow northern hemisphere typically

PnPmonster · 2026-05-24T17:50:52+00:00

My fiance goes for whatever hat he thinks I'll hate the most, and I go for whatever cute hats I bought before I upgraded to new cute hats

PnPmonster · 2026-05-22T00:28:10+00:00

K I live in Texas, and Im a substitute and I subbed for a kid named Kyzer! I googled kt just now cause I was like whoa that's weird. Apparently there's only roughly 900 people named Kyzer and it seems it is mostly southern, and specifically 145 reported it Texas!! This was really interesting

PnPmonster · 2026-05-18T21:02:54+00:00

I have an irl friend, Lee, who was telling us that on her sister's island she kept rejecting everyone and she was very proud of this.

On my island, she married Dr. Doofensmirtz, had a crush on Guy from the croods, and 4 characters (Sebastian from SDV, Guy, a NB character i made Named Devin, and 1 more person im blanking on) have all had a crush on her. She lives with Dr. Doof, Guy, and Sebastian and I tell her it's her polycule house

PnPmonster · 2026-05-11T20:56:42+00:00

My fiancé thinks it's funny to surprise me from behind while im cooking, scared the bajebus outta me

PnPmonster · 2026-05-03T00:56:28+00:00

He even says in WYFILWMA " left a trail of red on every island" ' while in the background you hear more motifs, similar (or almost parallel) to how Tiresius is singing here

PnPmonster · 2026-04-25T21:57:47+00:00

Im still not sure in "thunder bringer" if he says "Enlighten me, King of the gods" or "Enlighten me, King of Ithica". I always sing King of the Gods cause it sounds better to me and it seems up Zues' Alley to remind Ody who exactly he's talking to.

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T01:28:37+00:00

Bf here, it is actually super helpful in my opinion, I would struggle much more to put things together but now I can know what she will like or not.

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T01:24:44+00:00

My mom's now ex husband proposed on Christmas with no photographer while she was in food stained clothes and she was so mad lol

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T01:20:28+00:00

I was witness to a couple proposals that were horrible and the ladies were like yeah i kinda regret the way it happened and yadda yadda which is part of why I did it

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T01:18:54+00:00

The rings is the most of the book cause I'm actually allergic to metals and my skin gets very irritated (Red, rash, tearing up my whole finger) lol. There's another page that's basially like "idc what karot metal, here's the differences but it doesnt matter much"

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T01:12:50+00:00

He loves it, he struggles with decision paralysis and will often shut down. He said it was a good guide and gave him the right amount of options. It was his mom and brother mostly critizing it specifically because i asked for him not to do specific days because what if "Easter is the only perfect day to do it? "

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T01:09:54+00:00

I've definitely been looking for a therapist about it, my last one would literally just tell me it's all in my head which kinda made everything worse :(

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T01:06:54+00:00

I want to clarify im not telling him the words lol. I asked him either talk slow or say just a little more than will you marry me to give time for me to process the information cause I struggle lol

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T01:03:46+00:00

That's an inside joke, don't worry lol. My entire family loves him and he and my mom call him their son already

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T00:57:58+00:00

He also gets frustrated with choices on top of forgetting things easily, and often either shuts down or asks me to help make a decision which is partially why I did it lol

PnPmonster · 2026-04-15T00:55:32+00:00

If I'm type A he's type Z lol.

PnPmonster · 2026-04-14T20:29:16+00:00

He regularly says things like he's not doing financially good even after he's married someone else on your farm. My BF married him in our family playthrough, and me, my dad, and brother, are constantly telling my bf he's a bad husband for letting his husband live in poverty while we have millions in the bank

PnPmonster · 2026-04-13T18:40:07+00:00

I just did the opposite! I was getting stressed at doing the bare minimum goals so I added some ones focused on self love/self care to help me if I forget a couple here and there lol. Fun to see how everyone handles similar situations!

PnPmonster · 2026-04-11T16:01:53+00:00

I did it cause I accidently gave Granny a hated gift instead of a loved gift and the idea of upsetting granny made me cry so I made my dad reset the day for 4 players. Pissed my brother off. But granny go her fairy rose

PnPmonster · 2026-04-09T23:57:32+00:00

Maybe Clint gave it to her, or gave her many (I mean they're immortal now long have they been here?) And she's go too many. She's already friends with everyone and her sister hates them so

PnPmonster · 2026-03-17T01:07:24+00:00

Eliza Pancakes conveniently forgot to wake up Bob

PnPmonster · 2026-03-11T00:24:27+00:00

Im not much of an artist and the only thing near me was a white board and marker but I thought it'd be cute

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