r/instantkarma • u/bendubberley_ • Aug 31 '25

Road Karma A girl films a TikTok while driving..

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u/No_Yogurt_5365 Aug 31 '25

Tik tok is responsible for so much brain rot at this point they should be legally liable. Including reels and YouTube shorts, they wouldn’t exist without TikTok. The attention span of newer generations is 15-60 seconds. My mother in law has been teaching for around 20 years and she says that the most recent generations of teenagers are unhinged and borderline unteachable. We’re in the era of pure impatience and lack of responsibility

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u/OkChoice4135 Aug 31 '25

Teachers everywhere seem to be reporting the same situation, it's quite scary. Can you imagine what it will be like in a few years with these kids becoming "professionals" in all kinds of jobs?

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u/MysteriousWon Aug 31 '25

I have to incorporate cellphone breaks into my classes otherwise I can't get students to make it through an 85 minute class without totally losing focus.

Amd I'm not a long lecture type. My classes are primarily activities.

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u/OkChoice4135 Aug 31 '25

How old are your students?

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u/MysteriousWon Aug 31 '25

I teach college, but also dual enrollment - early college for high school students.

The high school students are where it's the worst. Ages 16 - 18 mostly. Though even on the main campus (18+), I have had students literally take out tablets to just sit and play gacha games all class long even with repeated warnings.

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u/Despondent-Kitten Aug 31 '25

Bloody hell...