i had close friends that couldn't do basic math and knew plenty of people outside of my circle who had horrible reading/writing skills, didnt know shit about history, never got past basic algebra.

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

that's prolly selection bias there

Probably. I don't have experience teaching younger kids, and my kid is still too young for me to have any first hand experience with the school system, but I've not run into anyone with the problems a lot of these videos are talking about.

I'm certainly not saying they're made up, but the fact that so many of them are attributing these problems to covid "lockdowns" and not the state of education in the US that has existed for decades has me questioning how widespread the problem is beyond what would be considered "normal" levels of underdevelopment.

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Whos the reddit op? Whats his background? The commentors could just be a bunch of crackers honestly, considering its reddit its probably accurate. Also most teachers burnout quickly due to the shitty system and the ones who stay are usually hooked up with a kush job, which could explain more of the commentors.

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There have always been people who can't read that's not meaningful.

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

i edited my post, im saying that depending where you are what the reddit op is talking about is not an unreal trend and everyone in this post and there do leave the 'where the fuck are you at' portion.

my hoodrat shithole definitely had all these issues, maybe not cracker white land where the resources are more abundant. if thats your only experience with public education it may seem like right wing scaremongering

and also id like to add that that's the experience for outside kids who are LD or troubled

[–] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I raised my kids in Crackerland and they went to a charter school. (shared parenting and an angry ex meant they were stuck) And it was complete trash. Basically it was a crunchy granola ass white hippy school that was marketed as such so white hippy ass parents could brag about it and act all superior to public school parents. My kids have a problem with reading and handwriting that still persists.

That school would send my kids to farms to work. But my kids lived on a damn ranch, so I would just keep them home when that would happen. 'They made us weed the beds.' Like naw you can do that at home.

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I do notice that rich people do also fuck up their kids with bullshit like that.

I knew a couple of montessori kids who were train wreck adults despite having money. I learned recently that the lady who came up with montessori apparently gave her kid up for adoption and then he later came back and started working for her or some shit lol

[–] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I dont think anyone was 'rich'. Except I did meet an actor from Seinfeld. Where I live is an interesting mix of a red county with alot of libertarian hippies types. So performative enviromental esthetic with zero class consciousness. Whatever gross narcissism that plagues weed growers. Eat organic, smoke cigarettes, dont vaccinate your kids. So paying to send your child to a underperforming school set up to weaken teachers unions is okay if they make your kid shovel organic chicken shit.

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

I use rich for anyone middle class tbh, probably shouldnt keep that habit. My bad