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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach dance at a high school in MCPS (dream job-or so I thought). The students in the ALL of my classes don't want to do anything except TikTok dances. They don't want to learn anything. They don't think they need to because they can do a 10 second TikTok dance and therefore, they are "dancers." They get tired after about 5 minutes of moving. They complain everything is "too hard." It's pathetic and embarrassing. I don't know where everything went wrong, but it's a joke. Quitting at the end of this year, if I make it that long. [/quote]

Ha, I saw these two girls watching and doing a Tik Tok dance and thought it was sad. In our day (I am 35), we used to make up our own dances! At least they were getting some physical activity [/quote]

Different dance teacher, but YES this. Choreography is part of their curriculum. Asking them to make up their own dances..you'd think I was torturing them. They can't think of songs. They can't get started. "What songs do you listen to at home?" "I don't listen to music..." "What songs do you ever hear do you think, 'this would be such a good dance song!'" "I don't ever dance at home or think about dance." "Why are you taking dance?" Blank stares...We used to jump at the chance to make up our own dances. We were obsessed with music. We were always doing this stuff for fun. I truly don't understand it, but I'm so glad I am not growing up right now. I feel sorry for them. They have no intellectual curiosity, they have no passion for anything, they just want to be on their phones for the rest of their lives. [/quote]

This is also my experience. (Not a dance teacher). I'm special education in HS, so it's hard for a lot of my kids to express themselves, and they struggle more than other kids but.... At the beginning of the year I do a lot of getting to know you questions. They don't listen to music. They don't watch movies. They don't follow sports teams.

They tell me they watch tik tok so I ask who their favorite tik toker is or types of videos, and they say they don't know or "anything" and shrug. I've watched some of them scroll and it really is mindless, and they don't often laugh or show to a friend or engage in any way.

Many tell me they want to be an influencer when they graduate so I ask what types of videos they would make, ask what they're passionate about...and either get no answer or they say video games.

There's no spark or passion. I don't know if it's the population I work with or kids overall, but it's sad. [/quote]

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