Yeah, it’s a real problem. Between the lack of schooling due to Covid and the popularity of short-form entertainment due to Social Media and Tiktok, kids are even worse at concentrating than ever. The massive class sizes and overworked teachers really don’t help.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the very prevalent virus that can effect the brain.
How can we solve this? We all know school is boring but now school is nothing more than exam prep which isn’t engaging. Best lessons at school for me were always the ones that made you think, not just sitting there learning what’s going to be on the exam. Also doesn’t help that kids go home and get no engagement from parents these days, they’re just put infront of the tablet or games console to keep them occupied.
Probably nothing to do with Covid. Technology has destroyed everyone’s attention spans and given everyone ADHD.
I can’t read the article there’s no subway surfers gameplay underneath it
Well first off, we still have a victorian-style teaching system in 2023 when we should have moved the hell on from that a long time ago. Young kids stuck on chairs trapped in a small room for several hours 5 days a week is ridiculous. Absolute waste of youth and no organic learning going on in the classroom.
This is basically the British version of “it’s not the assault rifles, it’s video games”. Isn’t it?
Deep Focus / Flow State is my super power and my drug. It’s sad to see the TikTok generation going the other way. It’s exhilerating coming out of the matrix after a few hours.
Though I have no idea how you teach that, or how I learnt it.
Had the unfortunate experience to have covid twice
Brain fog is unreal and took ages to start thing away. Even now, I tire easily and my attention span is reduced and dramatically changing how I’m studying for my further specialisation exams.
No one here has mentioned PTSD/trauma/depression yet. Short attention spans are a common feature of troubled mental health, which intuitively many children will have post-lockdown.
(child/teen suicides actually decreased during the pandemic, suggesting that bullying and alienation at school is a major risk factor for that)
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Yeah, it’s a real problem. Between the lack of schooling due to Covid and the popularity of short-form entertainment due to Social Media and Tiktok, kids are even worse at concentrating than ever. The massive class sizes and overworked teachers really don’t help.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the very prevalent virus that can effect the brain.
How can we solve this? We all know school is boring but now school is nothing more than exam prep which isn’t engaging. Best lessons at school for me were always the ones that made you think, not just sitting there learning what’s going to be on the exam. Also doesn’t help that kids go home and get no engagement from parents these days, they’re just put infront of the tablet or games console to keep them occupied.
Probably nothing to do with Covid. Technology has destroyed everyone’s attention spans and given everyone ADHD.
I can’t read the article there’s no subway surfers gameplay underneath it
Well first off, we still have a victorian-style teaching system in 2023 when we should have moved the hell on from that a long time ago. Young kids stuck on chairs trapped in a small room for several hours 5 days a week is ridiculous. Absolute waste of youth and no organic learning going on in the classroom.
This is basically the British version of “it’s not the assault rifles, it’s video games”. Isn’t it?
Deep Focus / Flow State is my super power and my drug. It’s sad to see the TikTok generation going the other way. It’s exhilerating coming out of the matrix after a few hours.
Though I have no idea how you teach that, or how I learnt it.
Had the unfortunate experience to have covid twice
Brain fog is unreal and took ages to start thing away. Even now, I tire easily and my attention span is reduced and dramatically changing how I’m studying for my further specialisation exams.
No one here has mentioned PTSD/trauma/depression yet. Short attention spans are a common feature of troubled mental health, which intuitively many children will have post-lockdown.
(child/teen suicides actually decreased during the pandemic, suggesting that bullying and alienation at school is a major risk factor for that)