'Are todays kids getting more stupid or not paying enough attention in lessons?
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This is disturbing. I din't know it was possible for that many people, kids or not, to be that stupid.
As to the title, maybe both. They don't pay attention because they're stupid, they get stupider because they don't pay attention. It's a vicious cycle.
As to the title, maybe both. They don't pay attention because they're stupid, they get stupider because they don't pay attention. It's a vicious cycle.
Typical Daily Mail propaganda. It says there that 40% of kids in the study don't know Remembrance Day is on November 11th. The still means that the majority do know what day it is, and to be perfectly honest I only know that it's some time in Autumn. So 12 percent thought the McDonald's arches symbolise Remembrance Day. Again that means that the vast majority do know what the correct symbol is, and lets not forget that the study range starts with 9 year olds. How many of you actually knew the answers to most of these questions when you were 9? I doubt I did. And come on, this is the Daily Mail. If they ran the headline "Grass is Green" I'd want to get it double checked.
I'm going to point out the ironic (as I'm sure others already have) and note the grammatical errors in your poll.
That being said, I don't necessarily believe kids are getting any dumber, I think that expectations (of educators, parents) are getting lower and kids are becoming more entitled. They think they deserve everything without having to work for it.
For instance, I work in games, and I worked my ASS off to get here. When I was in a Gamestop once there was some emo girl in there talking about how she should be a game designer because her ideas were so great. So, I asked her if she had a website where I could check out some of the games she's made. Surprise, surprise- she had never made a game. She got very offended when I told her that EVERY game designer I know has been making games (both board games and computer games) their entire life and worked very hard to get where they are. She seemed to think she just deserved to work in the industry.
THAT is the kind of attitude I see from lots of kids these days. Absolutely ZERO common sense.
That being said, I don't necessarily believe kids are getting any dumber, I think that expectations (of educators, parents) are getting lower and kids are becoming more entitled. They think they deserve everything without having to work for it.
For instance, I work in games, and I worked my ASS off to get here. When I was in a Gamestop once there was some emo girl in there talking about how she should be a game designer because her ideas were so great. So, I asked her if she had a website where I could check out some of the games she's made. Surprise, surprise- she had never made a game. She got very offended when I told her that EVERY game designer I know has been making games (both board games and computer games) their entire life and worked very hard to get where they are. She seemed to think she just deserved to work in the industry.
THAT is the kind of attitude I see from lots of kids these days. Absolutely ZERO common sense.
2000 isn't really an accurate depiction of our children. Although I have to admit, I would probably see some people in my school taking some of that as fact.
[hey were stupid to begin with. 20.8% (30)]
I didn't choose this option, but that's 30 people who have no faith in the future.
I didn't choose this option, but that's 30 people who have no faith in the future.
Sorry to disappoint, but you better get your religious prosecution pants on.CuddlyCombine said:
"Adolf Hitler was Germany's football manager"
Seriously? Are they making this shit up? It's either the parents fault for not wanting their kids to grow up hating Hitler or whatever, and told them that when they say "Mommy, who's Hitler?" or the kids are having a laugh at the government's expense.
I personally pray it's the latter.
Seriously? Are they making this shit up? It's either the parents fault for not wanting their kids to grow up hating Hitler or whatever, and told them that when they say "Mommy, who's Hitler?" or the kids are having a laugh at the government's expense.
I personally pray it's the latter.
One more jab to today's kids:
My 12 year old nephew can name all the Pokemon characters but he can't tell me who the last 5 Presidents were.
Answer:
G.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
G Bush Sr.
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
My 12 year old nephew can name all the Pokemon characters but he can't tell me who the last 5 Presidents were.
Answer:
G.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
G Bush Sr.
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
There's always stupid kids, and there's smart kids.
They're not ALL stupid.
This thread is irrelevant.
They're not ALL stupid.
This thread is irrelevant.
Hate kids?! D:Neonbob said:
OT: Unfortunately, most of the 'kids' round here are that stupid...and it makes me look like a genius in comparison!
Being 14 and stuff like this angers me as well. I find this disturbing that kids my age didn't know about Auschwitz and D-Day, I kind of find it disrespectful to the people who die in the Holocoust and in battle. Tell you the truth everybody in my class pays attention in their lessons, well some of them don't but by saying that its a bit ironic because I never pay 100% attention in religious studies.SniperWolf427 said:
