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eppur_se_muova

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48. People post videos for the thrill of being on camera, then talk WAY too much, just to please themselves.

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 01:06 AM

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I seldom watch videos (except cat videos ) at all, because they're almost all the same in that regard. I usually use the progress bar to scan for anything interesting. If all I see is someone's face talking, I usually close it without watching. If you're just talking without using figures or props, everything you're saying would be just as good in text, and much faster to get through. Also less bandwidth, for those who still worry about such things.

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'These results are sobering': US high-school seniors' reading and math scores plummet [View all] groundloop Sep 20 OP

Can anyone be suprised? I've written about my frustrations (not only with our youngest, but hlthe2b Sep 20 #1

But the Traildogbob Sep 20 #2

They have the fastest thumbs, though. sop Sep 20 #3

Yes, even in the 80s TexasBushwhacker Monday #61

It's because they don't post the Ten Commandments in every school! Wednesdays Sep 20 #4

They should post Kepler's Laws instead DBoon Sep 20 #17

A.I.is the reason. They're not doing their own work. They have AI to do it. nt pnwmom Sep 20 #5

The decline has been happening since 2015. The article states that they think the reasons are.... chowder66 Sep 20 #6

I agree. They don't read. LisaM Sep 20 #31

I've noticed a decline in my reading stamina since I got a smartphone. yardwork Sep 20 #44

I just finished a 500 pg ebook. I read about 1 - 2 hours a night... electric_blue68 Monday #59

Nonsense. Math skills in grade 12 are formed in primary grades. That's where the problem is. In 2024 AI Bernardo de La Paz Sep 20 #8

It's all connected. High school kids who rely on AI aren't reading on their own, pnwmom Sep 20 #9

AI is so new that it has not had much effect at all on seniors. They were sabotaged years before AI. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 20 #11

I would also point out that moniss Sep 20 #23

I wish I'd had your good math teachers. My high school algebra teacher (9th grade) sucked. 3catwoman3 Sep 20 #35

Republican states keep cutting funding to their public schools. Because they want "vouchers" Walleye Sep 20 #32

So the decline is only in red states? MichMan Sep 20 #36

No, of course, but that certainly contributes to it and the attitude towards education in general Walleye Sep 20 #38

Dumbing down the populist. republianmushroom Sep 20 #7

Dumbing down the populace. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 20 #12

Grooming future Magats, gullible. GreenWave Sep 20 #22

Yup republianmushroom Sep 20 #24

Really Timewas Sep 20 #10

There was a book that came out in the late 1980's... llmart Sep 20 #27

Reading takes too much time! pfitz59 Sep 20 #13

Reading is FASTER than video: so much talk, so much repetition, so little really said. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 20 #29

People post videos for the thrill of being on camera, then talk WAY too much, just to please themselves. eppur_se_muova Sunday #48

Future Republican voters. nt not fooled Sep 20 #14

It's not specifcally Social Media, it's not AI doing this Lithos Sep 20 #15

Been going on for quite awhile. Silent Type Sep 20 #16

Dumbed down curriculum. Mblaze Sep 20 #18

Mental math has always been fun to me and something I work at. Spelling and grammar are important too but content is twodogsbarking Sep 20 #19

Maybe, its because they now know any idiot can be president. Buddyzbuddy Sep 20 #20

There's no comparison in Civics scores since it's no longer being taught. Gimpyknee Sep 20 #21

The ignorance seen recently regarding the First Amendment is proof of that MichMan Sep 20 #43

As a substitute teacher for over 11 years now I have seen the decline and unfortunately the culprit is kimbutgar Sep 20 #25

I don't know what plummet means Tetrachloride Sep 20 #26

I'll help you out. llmart Sep 20 #30

exceeds expectations lol Tetrachloride Sep 20 #46

The pandemic didn't help, either. Ocelot II Sep 20 #28

Oligarchs have always known that if they are to control this country and rule, they must do the following: ancianita Sep 20 #33

I have one quibble OrwellwasRight Sep 20 #45

Point well taken. Since Ivies are full of entitled prep school kids, even for them it still holds true that one only ancianita Sep 20 #47

How timely OrwellwasRight Monday #56

Well off suburban public schools as well exboyfil Sunday #53

Yes. The property tax base of school districts perpetuates funding inequities and socioeconomic hierarchies of ancianita Sunday #55

Future MAGA Voters Coldwater Sep 20 #34

My (step)grandkids don't know their math facts sorcrow Sep 20 #37

Good that you try to help. Math is much more methods & a frame of mind than facts and much more than arithmetic. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 20 #40

That's an interesting statement. Explain more please. electric_blue68 Monday #60

Check the timeline- teaching to the test under NCLB JCMach1 Sep 20 #39

You can place a large amount of blame on No Child Left Behind legislation. flashman13 Sep 20 #41

Not too surprising after shutting down schools for a year and substituting remote learning MichMan Sep 20 #42

Rather, this is what happens when republicans politicize and evangelize schools LearnedHand Sunday #49

It's a lazy non-think thing, common in countries where parents and kids think they are going to get by on luck. Aussie105 Sunday #50

and speaking of education or lack of Coldwater Sunday #51

My house had lots of books nitpicked Sunday #52

The last thing the ruling class wants is an educated population. MrsCheaplaugh Sunday #54

Also, have people listened to this podcast on teaching reading? OrwellwasRight Monday #57

Also a proxy for the increasing number of children being raised in poverty IbogaProject Monday #58