Reply to First Day of School - Couldn’t Care Less?

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "First Day of School - Couldn’t Care Less?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two kids, 13 and 11, start school tomorrow. They register absolutely zero excitement. Is this normal now?

I remember being all about my school supplies—organizing them, being jazzed about my sweet colored pencil set or whatever, planning out what I was going to wear. I talked to friends on the phone about who had which teachers, who got assigned to which lunch, etc. All that silly stuff. But it was always a fun time of year and on balance a good memory.

DCs have NONE of this. No interest in like, getting a haircut or a new shirt or anything.

Totally fine with me, and maybe it’s for the best. I just can’t tell if it’s my two kids who are like this, or is it everyone?

Id guess it’s in part because kids now can get pretty much anything they want in 12 hours from Amazon? Going back to school isn’t a big deal when they play Fortnite with their friends all summer? [/quote]

School isn't fun anymore. My kid is pretty amenable and goes with the flow. But, there is ZERO excitement for school. It's a "check the box" existence and they are herded around like cattle all day. No flexibility. They get 20 min. this year to wolf down lunch. It's miserable. I can't say as I blame her. [/quote]

How was school fun before in a way that doesn’t exist now? I went to Catholic school so I didn’t have the traditional middle/high school experience my kids are having. My high schooler actually really loves school; my middle schooler hates it. She says the teachers yell all the time, the kids are annoying and the work is boring (although 8th seems to be much better than 7th grade was!).  I’m wondering how schools made it more enjoyable before?[/quote]

I was in Catholic school too and am the person you are responding to. There wasn't the pressure now. There was not a "check the box" approach to school. And there were lots of fun events in school that weren't heavily scripted and monitored like they are now. I could eat lunch outside (a minor example). We celebrated holidays (easier for a parochial school but my friends at public school did too). Schools seems like a prison with wardens vs. a place of learning.

And then there are the kids: vaping, swearing, making out, being mean. I'm not in any way saying that that stuff did not happen "back in the day" but there was more accountability for the few vs. making everyone else be on lockdown with them. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics