"They can't read, write, or spell. And don't care."

"Creativity is lacking; ask them to come up with designs for a DT project and you find yourself saying no hearts or ticks, or they sit there having no clue what to draw. 

Ask them to tie a knot, for example, to tie up their own apron, and half of them can't do it."

—Anonymous, 30, Male, Southern California

"If your kid doesn't use the bathroom at school, there's a good reason why. Bathrooms are not safe.I also see kids abandoned to do everything on their own, and they can't keep up."

"They can't even draw from imagination without asking Google for an image. And the behavior? Appalling! They lack any and all discipline, and teachers are absolutely helpless because schools no longer have consequences for bad behavior of any kind, and parents will attack teachers and escalate matters with doctored and manipulated narratives so that in the end, it is the teacher who faces a consequence for pointing out poor conduct."

—Anonymous, 43, Female, Suffolk, Virginia

"I will say there are genuinely good kids, and they're the reason I show up, but the lack of basic human empathy is what's most concerning to me.

"I had another student in grade five who showed me her ruler and asked, 'How do I find 20 centimeters?' 

I asked a fourth grader to split six students into two teams for an activity. He couldn't make a decision, so they just stood there and complained to me that they had nothing to do."

"My own 13-year-old niece has vocalized such deep observations as, 'Buildings are big.' 'Fire is warm.' It's mind-blowing, all of it. The internet has completely destroyed an entire generation. It's genuinely scary."

—Anonymous, 28, Female, Fort Worth, Texas

"Also, teens can't drive! Most of them drive around without a license! They have no clue when to yield, how to merge onto the highway (mom says it's too dangerous), who has the right of way, or what to do if pulled over. And they have no clue what any of the icons on their dash mean. It's scary! They are taught by parents who are also horrible drivers."

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