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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids seem apathetic now[/quote]

I don’t agree with this.  My kids and their friends are really invested in things like the environment/climate change; gun control; and gay rights; and also seem to track things like space exploration, developments in AI and social media; etc.  I don’t know that kids in the 80s and 90s were this engaged.

I don’t think the curriculum always matches their interest, though.  Per pupils spending has not kept up with inflation over the decades and there is less money for things like science experiments in k-8, or purchasing  individual fiction books so the whole class can read the same book together.  Also, the standardized curriculum is good insofar as it means that every class is getting at least the basics, but it really has cut down on teachers ability to follow the kids’ interests or to follow their own passions (and really when teachers teach something they really love, it shows and the enthusiasm is infectious).  [/quote]

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