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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gave a guest lecture today. It really hasn't changed much over the years except with updated information.  I had a hiatus a bit from doing the lecture, so this was the first time I restarted it since COVID, but holy Toledo modern students are horrible.  They have attention spans of ants.  And it is absolutely noticeable beyond belief when I think about teaching students and giving a lecture back in 2010 vs 2024.  I guess this is the end result of raising entire generations on toxic social media like TikTok since they were out of the womb.  We are absolutely doomed.  Modern generations' brains have been fried by spastic social media clips that last only 3-4 seconds.  Heaven forbid they have to sit through a 75 minute lecture on extremely complex topics that have been distilled down to them in a digestible manner.

Just horrible. Thank God I do not teach for a profession. I'd lose my mind dealing with modern students who are incapable of having focused thought for more than 5 minutes.  One student even came into the class wearing headphones and wore them the whole time while I was giving lecture.  WTH?  If you don't want to listen, simply don't come then. This country is going to be an unmitigated disaster in 30 years when these people take over.  I honestly don't know if gen alpha is going to be able to digest baby food for course material at the rate mental capacity and attention spans are rapidly degrading.  It is scary how fast the quality of students has declined in only a fraction of my lifetime. [/quote]

This could have been said in 3 sentences. I also wouldn't have the attention span to sit through your guest lecture if you rambled this much. [/quote]

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