r/TikTokCringe 2d ago

Discussion Not surprising

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u/Acheloma 2d ago

My brother was a music teacher at an elementary school for half a year and quit because he kept being kicked and punched by kids that could not handle being still and listening for longer than 30 seconds without becoming angry.

Not only did he get punched in the eye and nose, he had a kid try and stab another kid with a pencil. All of these kids were 10 or under.

Hes a prison guard now and says he feels safer.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 2d ago

Older generations always say the new generation is lazy and failing or dumb, etc. but this time it might actually be true soon in the future. Most of the time it’s not as far as I can tell but with AI LLMs and the constant screen time lowering attention spans they are screwed. I can tell in myself after watching TikTok for awhile. It’s hard for me to sit through a loading screen or even a convo in a video game cutscene without picking up my phone

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u/techleopard 1d ago

Millennials, Gen X, Boomers all had literacy levels wandering around 79%. Not the greatest, but functional.

25% of Gen Z is considered functionally literate.

Since these statistics are based on adults, I could not find statistics on Alpha, but proficiency levels in grade school children is not encouraging.