I've tried to imagine how a person makes this statement....suggesting that 'old' people had it easy, and that education (particularly high school) has gotten more complicated.
The trouble here...the excuse is used for anyone who is 30ish, 40ish, 50ish, 60ish, 70ish, 80ish and even 90ish..
I might agree that more unqualified or unskilled or unfit teachers exist today.....so you might have a point there. But then I could point out that half of teachers from the 1970s era....probably had a year or two of some 'teachers college'.
The books more complicated? You would think they would have gotten better. I felt lucky in the 11th grade (1975) to have a 1959 literature book for English classes.
More information? Well....they have added forty-odd years since 1980....that's probably taking up a whole week of history class. Just talking over President Obama? That's probably a week by itself as well.
After a while....my sarcasm rate increases, and I double-up on my skeptical nature. No....it's not possible that school is any tougher today. Maybe if you existed in 1920s Arkansas and walked 3 miles to school....you might have a reason that things got easier when buses were introduced.
The problem here...is that some idiots have convinced themselves....school is more difficult today. Call it self-hypnosis or whatever....they seem to believe it.
And here's the bitter truth....in ten years....as these people advance to old age (28)....the next generation will these dimwits that the newer generation of school is even tougher than it was in 2023.
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