Schools Face Uphill Battle to Re-Engage Distracted, Apathetic Students
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Teacher observes a "crisis of caring" among students who are increasingly apathetic, addicted to phones/vaping, and disengaged from learning.
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Reading and literature are dying art forms that build empathy; technology and AI threaten to replace this.
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Attendance policies have eroded, enabling unmotivated students to slide by. This fails to prepare them for adulthood.
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Compassion for students' personal problems has gone too far, leading schools to pass unqualified kids. Standards are unraveling.
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We must hold students accountable and care enough to be "their loudest influencers." Schools alone can't fix this cultural crisis.