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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher in high school, many parents in this area are raising losers.

Teens have zero respect for anyone, even their friends. They're very selfish - more than I have seen in the past 15 years. They also mostly do not care about anything that isn't associated with their phones/social media accounts.

You may think your child is smart, but the fact is this: the curriculum we teach now is one of the easiest we've ever had. Also, it's not hard to get good grades when we're required by Admins to allow retests, late work, and 75% credit for test corrections.

I'll have my 30 years of service next year and will be retiring at 51. I can't wait to be done with the teens and parents in this area. [/quote]

what is your advice?  In your experience what can be done to change these behaviors?[/quote]

Honestly a huge step is parents like OP recognizing it. It’s bizarre to call parents of kids like this and the parent sees absolutely nothing wrong and in fact things YOU’RE the problem and not the kid. It’s even crazier when you teach long enough to get multiple siblings, realize they’re all losers in the same ways, and the parents don’t see it at all, probably because they are losers too. One kid, ok, sometimes you are a good parent and they just turn out different than your other kids do. I get that. When all your kids are losers?? But recognizing that requires taking ownership of the fact you parented them to be that way and I think that’s hard even for intelligent people who thought they were doing the right things; it’s impossible if the parents themselves are jerks or losers. [/quote]

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