It has come to my attention that today’s youth are overwhelmed with video games and texting and less concerned with education.
I am told that when children crossing the thresholds of their homes are asked, “What did you learn at school today?” the answer is the same as it has always been…“Nothing.”
In Our Day, it was laughed off…but today it seems to be genuine.
They tell me youngsters no longer write in cursive, with some not even knowing how to hold a pen or pencil.
Staples of our past, the 3 R’s are completely unknown.
This must be corrected, (even though 2 of them are wrong.)
Here at The University, I have pledged to educated our youth properly by including them in my classes for Scholarship Athletes, so they too may learn how to read.
Before their retirement, three of my colleagues made a brilliant educational video I should like to pass along to you.
Watch it with your children.
Click on this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Y6UKMp8Qw
Some venues may not take you to the video. You may have to cut and paste it. Your uneducated children we just talked about can tell you how to do that.
Remember education is the key to knowing what the key is.
I thought you had finally written a serious article until I viewed the video. Curly was reported to have an early onset of dementia caused by repeated sight gags where he was beaten on the head, probably leading to repeated concussion.
If you asked 90% of my college student class what they learned today, they probably would have said, "Nothin." Their minds were focused on their next beer shortly after leaving class and making sure that they passed, barely, their classes, by cheating, if necessary, so that they could get a cushy job teaching with all those benefits.
You're right about lack of socialization or just plain, conversation. Students used to walk about Campus in pairs or groups, talking to one another. And then, I noticed that students would leave a building and immediately put their cell phones to their ear and start talking to someone off-campus, not about their studies or bonding with other classmates. I remember my brother teaching his daughter the multiplication tables when their school didn't because they had calculators.
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If you asked 90% of my college student class what they learned today, they probably would have said, "Nothin." Their minds were focused on their next beer shortly after leaving class and making sure that they passed, barely, their classes, by cheating, if necessary, so that they could get a cushy job teaching with all those benefits.
You're right about lack of socialization or just plain, conversation. Students used to walk about Campus in pairs or groups, talking to one another. And then, I noticed that students would leave a building and immediately put their cell phones to their ear and start talking to someone off-campus, not about their studies or bonding with other classmates. I remember my brother teaching his daughter the multiplication tables when their school didn't because they had calculators.
Ron