"Then there’s of course the bottom 10-20% kids (excluding the special ed/severe/moderate learning disability kids). This is what the viral videos are about and it’s not an exaggeration. They can’t read, write, or do very basic math like multiplication or division as a 17 year old. When they read, it’s obvious that they are just looking at some of the letters and then guessing, and it’s obvious that they aren’t processing it while they say the words out loud. They write like 1st graders at the age of 17. If they have to add even basic numbers together, they’re still using their fingers. They seem to actively think school is stupid and that they’re not the problem at all. These kids existed 10 years ago, but there weren’t that many kids. In a class of 40, maybe 1 or 2 were like this. Now it’s like 4-6 kids in each class."

Let's Dissolve the Education Department! (US)
#k12 #brainrot #algorithmicAbuse #education

Its not #Ai that's killing #education in kids
It is screens but socials and other trash they watch.
The top and upper cohorts are fine. Top kids are actually note impressive because of the tech.

Observation of a teacher of 15 years (US, "Better school")

"HOWEVER, the run of the mill non honors kids have gotten really bad. Very low tolerance for working hard, very short attention span, very short stamina for active listening. This is the brainrotted/fried dopamine group. Blame the screens, the social media, and the parenting for this group. It’s the group that is the most worrying because a decade ago, I’d estimate that maybe 10-20% of kids at a school are like this, and now it’s probably 40-50% of each graduating class."

#k12 #brainrot #algorithmicAbuse

#Dating apps don't optimise #algorithm for finding your soul mate...
...but to keep you coming back.

#enshitification #algorithmicabuse

And here I come again with another post. Maybe you can sympathise with me, when I use the internet without proper protections, it feels like walking in the streets of Brazil, one step away from a murder attempt or someone trying to scam you on some bullshit, got interested?

https://jeferson.me/blog/2025/11/15/a-bill-for-us-to-pay/

#Accountability #AdBlocker #Algorithmic #AlgorithmicAbuse #DarkPatterns #Ethics #Fake #Ads #Fraud #Missinformation #Monopolies #Privacy #Protection #Regulation #Sponsor #SponsorBlock