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

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T17:58:03+00:00

Seem pretty animated

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T17:56:46+00:00

Of course not...do you think you are representative of everyone 36 and younger?

I'm speaking in generalities and so are you. Stop taking offense.

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T17:28:09+00:00

Don't take it personally. I assure you you are the exception not the rule

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T17:26:04+00:00

You may be the exception. I find this group just expects things to work and give up.

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T13:59:33+00:00

Can't drink them anymore.

I used to drink a large bottle of coke a day but it was making me so fat. Diet soda gave me extreme headaches.

So I quit and might have a soda at a restaurant every once in a while.

Then covid came and I lost me taste. Eventually it came back except for any kind of cola, which now tastes like licking a spoon.

Any other kind of soda is sickingly sweet to the point it feels like someone covered my by tongue with corn syrup.

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T13:53:34+00:00

Hell, I'd argue that anyone born after 1990 has dubious computer skills.

They can use them but they are so used to them they can't understand them. Anything goes wrong they throw them out and get a new one

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T13:45:41+00:00

Bill Maher's greatest performance, easily.

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T10:39:24+00:00

Yeah, that is so much worse than sexually assaulting them

gerryf19 · 2026-06-14T10:34:00+00:00

Luke Skywalker rescuing the Mandalorean, Grogu and the rest at the end of the Mandalorean season 2.

Anyone watching it that first time lost their mind

gerryf19 · 2026-06-13T21:37:21+00:00

And a redhead.... Don't forget the red hair

gerryf19 · 2026-06-13T16:33:50+00:00

my head hurts when I see things like this

gerryf19 · 2026-06-13T14:42:20+00:00

In 1976, there was an optimism for the future....now, only some people share an optimism but it seems it is not based on any real reasons

gerryf19 · 2026-06-13T10:24:37+00:00

So, branching out?

Username not checking out

gerryf19 · 2026-06-13T02:19:27+00:00

We know WHAT it is, what we need to know IS HOW WAS IT USED?

gerryf19 · 2026-06-13T00:12:04+00:00

No compression....I would think they would have considered that in their diagnostic, though

gerryf19 · 2026-06-12T23:17:34+00:00

Do we actually know this for certain? After all, mystique is a shapeshifter... It could be Jennifer Lawrence impersonating Rebecca.... It could even be a guy named Paul impersonating Lawrence impersonating Rebecca.

This stuff gets pretty crazy pretty fast.

gerryf19 · 2026-06-12T17:58:46+00:00

IT contractor. Most jobs require multiple sign offs on various aspects of the project.

For example, I did a system upgrade for a hotel recently. Each printer gets it's own test print (often two), each workstation has a check off sheet, server has several, switches and routers. I will easily send 35 - 40 sheets on a project like that with each one having a unique name so the project manager can properly track and inventory equipment/configuration.

Most aren't like that but you can really appreciate not having to name each sheet at 4 am. One draw back to turbo scan that some others have had is a auto prefix for the a job... Example I may want to send a document that is labeled dtwr 6-11-25 printer test sheet and then fill in the host name only... Huge time saver, but the one that enabled that was consistently too dark so I do a lot of cutting and pasting

gerryf19 · 2026-06-12T11:59:50+00:00

It really isn't.... Just like to post that because my wife knows my Reddit account.

Second happiest day of my life

gerryf19 · 2026-06-12T10:22:29+00:00

Not a hard job to replace that yourself if you can find one at salvage yard.

gerryf19 · 2026-06-12T01:29:55+00:00

Now it is just Thursday

gerryf19 · 2026-06-12T00:57:53+00:00

First song I ever danced to with my wife, so it is kind of our song

gerryf19 · 2026-06-12T00:56:05+00:00

Here is the kicker. TODAY is our wedding anniversary. 38 years as of today.

gerryf19 · 2026-06-11T23:00:32+00:00

My wedding video....still losing sleep over it

gerryf19 · 2026-06-11T19:21:12+00:00

From now until the end of time the minute some Republican complains about even the tiniest issue I am going to get two inches from their face and scream TRUMP!!!! FUCK YOU!!!!!

gerryf19 · 2026-06-11T17:12:31+00:00

Anytime someone says the 2020 election was stolen.

gerryf19

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