If you had any hope left for the upcoming generation, you might want to lower your expectations now before disappointment sets in. Lately, countless videos have shown students losing interest in studying or doing any kind of work. Some moms have even admitted online that their kids can’t read.
Now, there’s a new video adding to the concern. An Arizona teacher shared his frustration after asking his sophomore students to write just five complete sentences, and their reaction left him stunned. He recorded the moment in class, capturing how unwilling his students were to do even that simple task.
As soon as the Arizona teacher began his request by saying, “In a paragraph,” the students immediately started complaining. They didn’t even want to write a single paragraph. When he clarified that he wanted five sentences, the class erupted in disbelief, repeating the number as if he’d asked for a full essay.
One student even had the nerve to ask, “Can we do four?” The teacher had to explain that he meant five complete sentences, which made it clear that some of them probably weren’t used to writing full thoughts at all.
“Could you imagine that? Having to write five complete sentences?” the teacher said sarcastically. One student responded, “That’s a test on its own.” Apparently, we all have very different definitions of what counts as a test.
In the caption of this video, the teacher wrote a perfect description of how his students acted. “They literally act like the world is ending,” he wrote. He posted another video where he wrote, “It’s so weird that high schoolers think they’re too cool to do their work, follow simple instructions, and be respectful.” What would they do when it’s time for college?
People Reacting to the Arizona Teacher’s Video
It wasn’t just the Arizona teacher who was disappointed. Almost everyone who saw his video had the same feeling. People believed that the students’ reaction to writing five sentences was scary. “This is genuinely scary,” one person wrote. Another person pointed out how schools were different before as they said, “We used to write essays on the spot.” Someone else said, “How is 5 sentences crazy. Paragraphs used to be like 8-12 stg.” Others commented that the students should be embarrassed, especially since they are sophomores. “Aren’t they embarrassed?” one person asked. Another person also believed that parents should be embarrassed too. “I was literally just about to comment, ‘do they realize how embarrassing this is?’ It is embarrassing, and the parents should be embarrassed as well,” they wrote.
Many people were stunned after watching the Arizona teacher’s video. One commenter brought up college, saying, “Wait till they get to college.” Another wasn’t so optimistic, writing, “Yeah, go ahead and break it to them they’re not getting into college.” Someone else summed up the frustration perfectly: “We’re living in idiocracy.”
One teacher chimed in to share how they handle similar situations. “If they complain, the assignment goes up. And if they ask if it’s being graded, I tell them, ‘Well, I wasn’t planning to, but I guess it is now,’” they wrote. Honestly, maybe teachers and parents do need to start being a little stricter.
