My pet-peeve of today's kids

[bladefd]

Most young elementary school kids I talk with nowadays don't read books. Not even e-books.

They sit around on phone or ipad surfing the web, playing videogames, texting, streaming shows/movies, etc. You rarely, if ever, hear that they are reading a book.

What has happened?? Do they find reading boring? Are their attention spans so shot that they are unable to read? Are they just lazy and spoiled? Are schools unsuccessful in finding proper literature to develop their students' interest in reading? Is the reading passion in people dying out?

When I was growing up in late-90s and early 2000s elementary school, reading was big in most kids around me. You had occasional troublesome students who despised reading but few & far between. Now it seems normal behavior.

[egokiller]

And the sad thing is them going outside and playing ball isn’t much better. Heaving up shots well beyond the 3 point line and coming nowhere close to making them.:roll:

[scuzzy]

Times change

Technology changes

Evolution happens



They're kids



The adults that sit around and gripe about what kids do are losers who's life currently sucks, wishing they could go back to when it didn't (childhood).

[sammichoffate]

ADHD generation, that's why people don't commit to anything in life these days. Relationships, Education, Interests, take your pick.

[Levity]

kids today just have so much more access to instant entertainment than any of us 90s kid could have ever imagined.

so its probably hard for them "choose" to read a book for any other reason besides work.

[egokiller]

Actually Scuzzy wuzzy the people sitting around commenting are pretty much set for life with nothing but time on their hands because they made the right decisions in life in order to achieve this. Pure feeling of happiness day in and day out. One of those decisions consisted of actually reading instead of posting on ISH all day on 20+ accounts.

But then again I don’t have to tell Jeff this.
Jeff knows my IP and bladefd’s IP and has looked us up and has seen for himself.

Inb4 the “oh I wasn’t referring to you guys specifically type responses” :lol

Another one

[egokiller]

kids today just have so much more access to instant entertainment than any of us 90s kid could have ever imagined.

so its probably hard for them "choose" to read a book for any other reason besides work.

Plenty of shit to do in the 90

[scuzzy]

Actually Scuzzy wuzzy the people sitting around commenting are pretty much set for life with nothing but time on their hands because they made the right decisions in life in order to achieve this. Pure feeling of happiness day in and day out. One of those decisions consisted of actually reading instead of posting on ISH all day on 20+ accounts.

But then again I don’t have to tell Jeff this.
Jeff knows my IP and bladefd’s IP and has looked us up and has seen for himself.

Inb4 the “oh I wasn’t referring to you guys specifically type responses” :lol

Another one
aw poor guy got but hurt by my post


good to know my post is how you generalize yourself, you can tell it cut deep


40yo crying online on a Spongebob forum how NES graphics were cooler than PS4's


nice life buddy :oldlol:


off to Worldstar comments to tell em how hip hop use to be better! fetch!

[bigkingsfan]

Adults do the same thing. Where do you think they picked up the bad habits.

[egokiller]

aw poor guy got but hurt by my post


good to know my post is how you generalize yourself, you can tell it cut deep


40yo crying online on a Spongebob forum how NES graphics were cooler than PS4's


nice life buddy :oldlol:


off to Worldstar comments to tell em how hip hop use to be better! fetch!

Poor Scuzzy still melting down over the facts that bladefd posted. :lol
You were 180 no scoped 5 spawns ago lil fella.

[Shogon]

Kids don't read books because books, quite literally, do NOT offer the same flood of dopamine inside the brain that interacting with electronic devices does.

Essentially, almost everyone born after let's say... 2000... is going to grow up 100% addicted to electronics unless their parents make a concerted effort to not allow that to happen to their kids.

Also, OP, you are a kid.

https://www.amazon.com/Glow-Kids-Screen-Addiction-Hijacking/dp/1250097991

https://www.amazon.com/Shallows-What-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750/

https://www.amazon.com/Irresistible-Addictive-Technology-Business-Keeping/dp/0735222843/

https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Together-Expect-Technology-Other/dp/0465093655/

[egokiller]

And people wonder why these kids eat tide pods. :lol

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/01/19/why-kids-eating-tide-pods-springfield-middle-school-counselor-weighs/1049827001/


If the parent has those conversations with their child and still feels he is going to continue the risky behaviors, Vega suggested seeking professional help. Perhaps just a few visits with a counselor will help them figure out "where the disconnect is between knowing something is bad and they are still doing it."

Wow that's sad. In the 80's/90's if you were told not to eat something, you didn't eat it. You didn't need a professional counselor to confirm what your parents already told you was wrong. :roll:

[Rose]

:biggums:

[Manny98]

Nikkas still read books in 2019? :roll:

[BasedTom]

And people wonder why these kids eat tide pods. :lol

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/01/19/why-kids-eating-tide-pods-springfield-middle-school-counselor-weighs/1049827001/



Wow that's sad. In the 80's/90's if you were told not to eat something, you didn't eat it. You didn't need a professional counselor to confirm what your parents already told you was wrong. :roll:
The only pro counselor kids needed:

https://dsw.scene7.com/is/image/DSWShoes/217245_002_ss_01?$pdp-image$

[DaHeezy]

Yet here we are, posting on ISH.

I made a thread about how I curious as to how you guys spend so much time on here and most of you justified your time. I wouldn't go complaining how kids do it

[fsvr54]

We still don't know the long term effects of social media and girls plastering the net with whore-y pics of themselves since teenage years til death.

I'm sure the long-term effects are beyond horrible.

[Im so nba'd out]

back in my day! https://i.gifer.com/PhNo.gif

congrats you've officially turned into that

[enayes]

It takes effort to get enjoyment from a book. Usually a slow build up, have to invest the time, etc.

A good book is worth it and is much more enjoyable than a movie/watching youtube videos but you have to put in some effort.

People are very lazy and want the instant gratification.

I'm guilty of it as well (currently been working in the same book for 4 months)

Luckily I spend my days working outside and not stuck behind a computer screen. I can't imagine having to be near a computer all day and then coming home to watch TV/surf the web.

I'm close to getting rid of my smartphone and going back to a flip but it's nice to have the good camera and be able to easily google stuff.

:confusedshrug:

[imdaman99]

I rarely read myself but that's besides the point. There are too many distractions. Let's be real OP, if you had tinder and ig and sc back in your day, would you spend time trying to get some or would you want to enjoy some of the other things in life, like reading and nature walks?

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Before hitting 7, I was exposed to videogames, television, and interwebs----Don't know what it did to brain but sure as heck don't have the attention span my ancestors do.

I don't know if the screen is hypnotic, or it's information overload or what.. but there's got to be some detrimental effects---as I've heard astounding feats of memory from earlier generations.

Actually OP I agree with you especially in regards to women---I mean like think about this. Back in the 50's or before, if you wanted to get some nookie (safely), you had to
a) have a good reputation at the local church
b) be educated
c) have a job
d) be an upstanding member of society
e) ask her father for hand for marriage
f) be prepared to shoulder the burden of raising a family
etc.
So it's like that reward has to be done through a lotta hard work.

similar parallels to other things.

Anywho, more patience, constancy, having a more vivid imagination and reading are definitely beneficial to the mind. Criticism noted.

[DukeDelonte13]

Goosebumps was the hot ticket back in grade school. I remember when some of the new books came out you were a real baller if you rolled into school with one of the more recent releases.


No smartphones to entertain us for long car trips or waits at the doctor's or dentists office, so you had to bring a book or read their crappy magazines. Young adult books just seemed to be a lot more popular in the 90's.

Goosebumps, animorphs, baby sitter's club, etc., Most schools probably had that troll book fair every so often. My daughters preschool still has it.

[scuzzy]

Goosebumps was the hot ticket back in grade school. I remember when some of the new books came out you were a real baller if you rolled into school with one of the more recent releases.


No smartphones to entertain us for long car trips or waits at the doctor's or dentists office, so you had to bring a book or read their crappy magazines. Young adult books just seemed to be a lot more popular in the 90's.

Goosebumps, animorphs, baby sitter's club, etc., Most schools probably had that troll book fair every so often. My daughters preschool still has it.
Those book fairs in elementary school were clutch

[sammichoffate]

We still don't know the long term effects of social media and girls plastering the net with whore-y pics of themselves since teenage years til death.

I'm sure the long-term effects are beyond horrible.https://ifstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wolfinger-sex-partners-divorce-figure-1-1.png
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[Meticode]

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I beat the system!

[Turbo Slayer]

I am a 14 yr old kid and I read books and play video games. What's wrong with that?

But oh well.

I am currently reading To Kill A Mockingbird right now. Great book.

[bladefd]

Those book fairs in elementary school were clutch

I remember flipping through books at the fairs, wishing I could buy them. I had no money and couldn't ask my parents because they didn't have much either. We kind of grew up poor with my dad working 2 jobs -- left home at 8am and returned at 11pm.

I remember I had to scrounge up lunch money when they had take-out pizza once a week.. Awww boy, it felt good to eat 2 slices of Dominos pizza once a week instead of Yoo-hoo, grilled-cheese sandwich and one of those dipping salted-cookie/cheese shit. Sometimes I had Sunkist in plastic or apple juice in the little carton or some cooked rice. That was my lunch :oldlol: Then at playtime, I would read a book or play my gameboy color. I feel nostalgic for those days because those were the days when even little things were pleasing. Life was more fun and had little to worry about

[ROCSteady]

My pet peeve is all the flossing

[Jasper]

Times change

Technology changes

Evolution happens



They're kids



The adults that sit around and gripe about what kids do are losers who's life currently sucks, wishing they could go back to when it didn't (childhood).
As a kid I was playing sports all most 100% of the time.
Most x gen are so fat , they can barely walk.
Millennia kids are tards 101 / and are clueless to how life is without a phone in their hand 100% of the time.

[Loco 50]

Most young elementary school kids I talk with nowadays don't read books. Not even e-books.

They sit around on phone or ipad surfing the web, playing videogames, texting, streaming shows/movies, etc. You rarely, if ever, hear that they are reading a book.

What has happened?? Do they find reading boring? Are their attention spans so shot that they are unable to read? Are they just lazy and spoiled? Are schools unsuccessful in finding proper literature to develop their students' interest in reading? Is the reading passion in people dying out?

When I was growing up in late-90s and early 2000s elementary school, reading was big in most kids around me. You had occasional troublesome students who despised reading but few & far between. Now it seems normal behavior.
Biggest concern here is loss of imagination. A loss of imagination means a loss of innovation. Loss of innovation is death.

[NBAGOAT]

i dont read much either. Nonfiction is great for learning but I usually just do articles online now. I rather just watch tv to experience a story. There are plenty of genres and tv is honestly pretty great right now.

Tbf I think reading is still a big part of curriculum, kids just wont do it much during free time. What else are high school or middle school english students going do?

[egokiller]

As a kid I was playing sports all most 100% of the time.
Most x gen are so fat , they can barely walk.
Millennia kids are tards 101 / and are clueless to how life is without a phone in their hand 100% of the time.

What obese part of the country do you live in? :lol
Me and my gen x friend are all in shape and still play ball to this day. We grew up playing sports every day and while we don't play everyday these days, we still play in men's leagues.

[Norcaliblunt]

Yeah I wish we could go back to this golden era for