'Are todays kids getting more stupid or not paying enough attention in lessons?

[DirkGently]

From the thread title alone, its just you.

 

[CoziestPigeon]

Is kids today getting stupid?


Oh, oh man. I don't even know where to start with this. Oh man.

OP, you make this shit too easy.

 

[WickedSkin]

From the thread title alone, its just you.

I'll share with you my cookie.

 

[Gmano]

Seeing as you failed to conjugate "is" into "are", as well as saying it's instead of is it.
IN YOUR TITLE.

I voted yes.

 

[Chinchama]

Wow, really?

This just makes me more ashamed to be 13 *sigh*

*Waggles finger* GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN KIDS

On Friday I came across this article in the Daily Mirror
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225549/Hitler-coached-Germanys-football-team-McDonalds-arches-symbolise-remembrance-day-What-todays-children.html

Its a survey which 2,000 children age 9 to 15 were asked about remembrance day and the World Wars.
Its pretty shocking to me that the children throught the Holocaust was the celebration at the end of the war.

Here's some quotes.

'Adolf Hitler was Germany's football team manager, according to youngsters aged nine to 15.'

'Only half knew D-Day was the invasion of Normandy - a quarter believing it was 'Dooms Day' and one quarter thought a nuclear bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbour which spurred America's involvement.'

'Some of the more disturbing results were that one in six children believed Auschwitz was a World War Two theme park.'

So is it the teachers fault or the childrens fault that their stupid ?

As mentioned by a few other people, I hope that there is irony to be found in the title, and not just, dare I say, stupid, mistake ?

 

[Proteus214]

I'm pretty sure I didn't know what D-Day was at age 11 either. Saving Private Ryan changed that pretty quickly.

After reading the article, most of what they are saying is spin. It's one way to interpret the data. Look at the statistics they give for a lot of these elements. They indicate that much less than the majority lack the knowledge. Do some kids have a really messed up knowledge of WWII? Yes, and I would wager that you would also find similar results given a sampling of 2000 adults.

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

I don't know about anyone else but if someone gave me a questionaire that said "Was Auschwitz a German theme park?" I would've said yeah.

 

[El Poncho]

I don't think that can prove they are stupid, they obviously were not told about that stuff, but yes kids are getting stupid.

 

[Kasawd]

Wow, really?

This just makes me more ashamed to be 13 *sigh*

*Waggles finger* GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN KIDS

On Friday I came across this article in the Daily Mirror
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225549/Hitler-coached-Germanys-football-team-McDonalds-arches-symbolise-remembrance-day-What-todays-children.html

Its a survey which 2,000 children age 9 to 15 were asked about remembrance day and the World Wars.
Its pretty shocking to me that the children throught the Holocaust was the celebration at the end of the war.

Here's some quotes.

'Adolf Hitler was Germany's football team manager, according to youngsters aged nine to 15.'

'Only half knew D-Day was the invasion of Normandy - a quarter believing it was 'Dooms Day' and one quarter thought a nuclear bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbour which spurred America's involvement.'

'Some of the more disturbing results were that one in six children believed Auschwitz was a World War Two theme park.'

So is it the teachers fault or the childrens fault that their stupid ?

As mentioned by a few other people, I hope that there is irony to be found in the title, and not just, dare I say, stupid, mistake ?

You just reminded me that I'm going to be that crotchety old guy.

 

[Matimus]

No, kids aren't getting more stupid. It's just that people don't want to admit that, statistically speaking, some kids are gonna be stupid. Besides, Daily Mail. Apocalyptic hurricane in an eye-bath sized teacup.

Oh, and I think that that thing about Hitler being the manager of the German football is hardly surprising, when you consider the way some English football fans act whenever England plays Germany.

 

[Cargando]

I know someone in my year at school who had no idea who Stalin was.

 

[vampirekid.13]

you answered your own question whan you typed the subject. "is todays kids getting stupid or its me"


Are todays kids getting stupid or is it me?

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

I hope that English isn't your native, mate, or you have no right to discuss stupidity.

 

[Wakefield]

If kids are stupid its because they're kids. I was stupid when I was a kid and so were you.

You can't tell me you never believed something ridiculous when you were a kid.

 

[geldonyetich]

"Is todays kids getting stupid or its me ?"
"Yes there are."
"We is smarter then?"
"Yes, poll make."
"Good is! Hungry, you? Eat."
"That rat."
"Juicy, uncooked rat!"
"Me sign up!"

 

[CloakedOne]

kids are always stupid. What's really stupid their stupid parents who allow them to get away with stupid things by not noticing it, letting them get away with it, or encouraging it.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

What do you mean "getting"? They're far beyond "getting".

 

[Higurashi]

Looking at your grammar, it's you. In this case you present, however, it is likely because of inadequate education and them not paying attention to it. Now, as it is today, we have indeed noticed a stagnation in the Flynn effect, suspected to be because of their severely lacking diet, but this marks no visible effect when compared to you and should likely be investigated on a case-to-case basis of the individuals and/or school(s).

 

[The_Jock]

To be honest most kids I meet these days are pretty clued in on most things that I certainly wasn't aware of at their age, what with the internet being so accessible and computer games its suprising some of the stuff that they actually know about.
Chances are they were asked these questions knew the answers and most of them were just taking the piss. I know I would of at that age.

 

[DemonicVixen]

To be honest, I'm going to take this one with a pile of salt. The Daily Mail is well known for using shock tactics for scaring people into action.

That said, there is an issue with education today, but probably not to the extreme that the daily mail is making it out to be...

Either this or the kids were just messing around. Or yes the teachers may not be teaching them correctly.
To be honest i am bored with hearing about WW1 or WW2. No offence meant, its just that is all we were ever taught from first school into highschool. Same stuff over and over. I do love my country when its behaving, i respect all those who faught and or died in the wars and of course the war currently going... I just feel exhausted with hearing it all the time. I once loved learning it, now i refuse to do Alevel history because that also includes WW2 for the second year. Sorry but you only need to hear it a few times, not every year.

Like i said, no offence is intended by this post. I do still respect it all!