Absolutely unreal.....

[wango]

That’s nuts.

Honestly, though, kids need to be taught internet etiquette. That should be a class. How to not get addicted to porn, social media, ehm forums, etc. Reality vs fantasy. Shit like that. The internet messes up a lot of kids.

I’m not joking with this, in fact a few older teachers like myself openly mocked this because we knew we were near retirement. In our high school and many, we are recently teaching how to be polite, what positive things to do and then offer positive praise or rewards for them. It’s a nation wide program. Things such as saying thank you, holding a door for someone, washing your hands in the bathroom, not pissing in the sink or how to shout profanities. The list is endless. I can’t tell you how many staff meetings we met over 2 years to come up with the necessary things to prioritize the list in our particular school.

Some common sense stuff is just not being passed on or addressed at home. Completely agree with you about the internet. Even our worse battles here, where admin has to shut down the thread doesn’t compare to some of the internet bullying the kids are exposed to daily. With cell-phones in their tiny hands at earlier and earlier ages, it’s a battle we are losing.