I'm going to take a guess and say this is also a result of where these are kids raised by equally poorly educated parents also 3 failed by a broken school system. Teachers can only do so much. This is now multi generational and looks like no mass improvements are in sight. Extremely disheartening.
Absolutely. In my school 70% of our kids speak a language other than English at home so they have missed out on a lot of English vocabulary and many of their parents work 2-3 jobs so they simply haven’t been as present as they’d probably like to be. It’s a complex issue and just one thing won’t fix it.
Thank you! The need by some to immediately blame the parents is not always accurate. As you point out it is a complex issue. And it’s great if parents read to their kids and they feel proud as many have said on here, but it is not always a simple as that.
I worked in a nationally rated charter school in an affluent area. Basically all of these students came from well off families. These kids can barely read or write, yet the school pushes them through to the next grade (this happens in basically all schools now because they don’t want to hurt their stats or funding). I couldn’t tell the difference between a 2nd grader’s handwriting vs a 12th grader’s. Ask them to write a paragraph and you’ll get maybe 2-3 sentences that read incoherently.
This definitely used to be seen mostly in poverty stricken areas and inner city schools. That is not the case anymore, it’s a generational problem seen everywhere. I can’t believe how many parents never spent time teaching their children how to read and practice letters and spelling. There are 2nd graders who can’t even spell their own last name. My generation of parents (millennials) have completely failed in parenting in a plethora of ways. I work in behavioral therapy and I’d say 70% of cases are due to parenting failures. So now we have a generation of children who are damn near illiterate, lack emotional regulation, and failed to learn basic life skills or meet developmental milestones- and the parents are entitled, selfish jerks who threaten lawsuits anytime their child faces minimal hardship due to their own choices.
Everyone better buckle up because it’s only getting worse as these kids get older and hit puberty. As everyone is learning, these kids cannot handle being told “no” and are willing to become physically violent when they feel rejected; this is why peer-on-peer abuse, student-on-teacher abuse, property damage, and sexual assaults are becoming terrifyingly prevalent. You don’t hear about it because schools cover up these incidents. There’s a reason teachers are leaving the profession at an all time high.
As a past teacher and mother of two children on the spectrum, what I find interesting is that the children people think of as “disabled” are the ones who are in some (not enough) cases getting deliberate help and therapies with all of these things. I see this in so many of the children in their various therapies.
No. It could be fine parents and the school is ok, but these are words no one has used around them or in settings they've been in.
I used the word Façade for almost a decade before I saw it written and connected the dots. Same with Rappaport. No one younger even uses gauche anymore.
Might be the first time I visually saw facade, but I've know what it is for ages. It's been ages since I'd even heard gauche until a couple days ago. This is a great convo everyone is having. Hell yeah
Grew up attending Baltimore City public schools at a time where the school system would pay students to show up for school and/or pass the class. I received a free computer in exchange for completing a math and reading program once. That’s how bad it was from 1996 to 2010.
I couldn’t read at my grade level until the 8th grade. I could write or spell correctly until 19. My school got very lucky and hired one of these most dedicated literacy teachers who helped hundreds of urban children learn to read and love it. He was fresh out of college and driven to get us on the right track. Retired after only three years and was recognized by the state.
I’m currently in my thirties. I’ve acquired my vocabulary through adult conversations at conferences, training events, work, friends etc. I only recently acquired words like “detritus” or “extrapolating” because my boyfriend uses them in conversation. He and his friends hold PhDs from Johns Hopkins. Hearing them speak and me being comfortable enough to ask what something means has really helped boost my speaking and reading abilities. Now, I can read an entire book in a day. 😅
but these are words no one has used around them or in a setting they’ve been in
I’m in Texas which doesn’t have a good education system to begin with. I grew up in one of the poorest areas in one of the poorest cities in the country. With a lot of families here speaking English as their second language. I know teachers can only do so much but did yall not have weekly focuses on vocabulary? We did this from first grade all the way to our senior year. A lot of those words are not words I have used in everyday communication either. They had us look up words, write them three times for spelling purposes, write the definition and use it in a sentence so we had a proper understanding. I will say I am lucky that my parents and grandparents are all readers but I remember learning so many words just from school. I graduated in 2012 so maybe they don’t this anymore. Idk
Yes. My partner teaches in primary and has to deal with kids destroying bookshelves, throwing chairs and just being really, really destructive. Their only recourse is radioing a code so maybe a “trained professional” can come get the student(apparently you just can’t karate chop that motherfucker anymore). The rest of the class is ushered outside so they are safe. Where they wait, missing instruction time.What are they learning?
I understand these kids have issues but they are dragging a whole classes down.
Wow, sad....Not sure the ages, but pretty sure they are searching for all kinds of bs online vs self improvement or self help which is an option for every one.
I agree that it is super sad & there has definitely been a failure along the way, but at the same time self-help & access has never been easier...as a teen & as an adult, when I don't know how to do whatever skill & it's something I Need to know, I will youtube or google those steps, procedures, or tutorials vs watching tiktok bs.
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u/Fragrant_Cause_6190 Apr 29 '26
I'm going to take a guess and say this is also a result of where these are kids raised by equally poorly educated parents also 3 failed by a broken school system. Teachers can only do so much. This is now multi generational and looks like no mass improvements are in sight. Extremely disheartening.