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6th grade - then and now -
Posted on 10/30/26 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 10/30/26 at 6:18 pm
6th grade Geometry.
Finding the area of parallelograms and triangles, calculating surface area and volume of 3D solids, and working with four-quadrant coordinate planes.
I got in trouble for a C in math my 6th grade year at the end of my final quarter. I was never a straight A student but was on the A-B roll.
(most of the time)
I see kids now that have trouble with math and reading skills. "which i place very highly on needed skills to be successful in life" including my grandkids.
Reading was something that opened the door for my mind when I was young. I worry about the attention span for kids and their social media habits.
Am I just jealous they're better with a phone app than me?
Finding the area of parallelograms and triangles, calculating surface area and volume of 3D solids, and working with four-quadrant coordinate planes.
I got in trouble for a C in math my 6th grade year at the end of my final quarter. I was never a straight A student but was on the A-B roll.
(most of the time) I see kids now that have trouble with math and reading skills. "which i place very highly on needed skills to be successful in life" including my grandkids.
Reading was something that opened the door for my mind when I was young. I worry about the attention span for kids and their social media habits.
Am I just jealous they're better with a phone app than me?
Posted on 10/30/26 at 6:38 pm to 1loyalbamafan
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6th grade Geometry
Gee, I'm a tree
Posted on 10/30/26 at 6:42 pm to 1loyalbamafan
I'm getting older and I see people say things like "I envy the young".
I do not.
At the end of the day we all get a window of certain years and I would much rather have my window than theirs. I consider myself lucky to have grown up in the 70s and 80s. I'm glad everything I did wasn't plastered on social media. I'm glad my friend came over to play and vice versa, rather than connecting to them online.
I'm glad I didn't have to wear a helmet when I rode my bike. And I'm glad kids didn't have peanut allergies and what not.
Some things were more rough and maybe not as enjoyable, bullying wasn't really discouraged, fighting back was. And I got my arse beat daily by my parents pretty much. But it's kind of like army boot camp, after you're done you think things you hated more fondly. And it's fun watching people look at me confused when I explain getting a thicker switch is better than a thin one because it bounces more, because their mom never made them pick theirs.
If being young again means within my window, I'm down. But being a kid in this fricking world now? No thank you.
I do not.
At the end of the day we all get a window of certain years and I would much rather have my window than theirs. I consider myself lucky to have grown up in the 70s and 80s. I'm glad everything I did wasn't plastered on social media. I'm glad my friend came over to play and vice versa, rather than connecting to them online.
I'm glad I didn't have to wear a helmet when I rode my bike. And I'm glad kids didn't have peanut allergies and what not.
Some things were more rough and maybe not as enjoyable, bullying wasn't really discouraged, fighting back was. And I got my arse beat daily by my parents pretty much. But it's kind of like army boot camp, after you're done you think things you hated more fondly. And it's fun watching people look at me confused when I explain getting a thicker switch is better than a thin one because it bounces more, because their mom never made them pick theirs.
If being young again means within my window, I'm down. But being a kid in this fricking world now? No thank you.
This post was edited on 10/30/26 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 10/30/26 at 7:29 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Gee, I'm a tree
thats pretty cool. I wish I'd known that phrase in 6th grade.
Posted on 10/30/26 at 8:20 pm to 1loyalbamafan
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I worry about the attention span for kids and their social media habits.
Was out walking our dogs this morning and saw a middle school kid walking to school or the bus stop, face buried in his phone.
Posted on 10/31/26 at 7:03 pm to 1loyalbamafan
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This post was edited on 10/31/26 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 11/2/26 at 10:47 am to 1loyalbamafan
It is amazing how much kids are dependent on technology to do simple things. I teach here in OK. Im certified in advanced math. Last year though, my school had me teaching history. Our 6th grade math scores were pretty low when the asst principal came to me and asked if i could help raise their scores. I said of course, but I will do it my way, which he agreed to. Just by doing math on the dry erase board for a few months, i raised pretty much every kids score in my class just by taking technology away and making them do it all by hand.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 4:00 am to Broadside Bob
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middle school kid walking to school or the bus stop, face buried in his phone.
The bus stop is in front of my house. They all stand at least 20' from each other, never talking or getting anywhere near each other until the bus drives up, faces in phones. #thanksbulldozerparents
Posted on 11/5/26 at 5:37 pm to 1loyalbamafan
My 6th grade daughter (no pics, don't want to get banned) was 12 going on 25. She was exceptionally mature and brilliant academically and would make 105 of every math test with the bonus question, as well as every other subject throughout her academic career. Had taken the college entrance exams, had full ride scholarship offers, and was attending classes at two local universities in the summer. She inherited some of that from Dad, as I had won our state's academic competitions in both algebra and advanced math. Some of her friends were also very smart. I know three high school girls who stunned me with their scores on college entrance exams recently. On the other hand, I presume all the boys are dunces.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 9:14 am to 1loyalbamafan
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Reading was something that opened the door for my mind
I love words.
I (seriously) maintain a note on my phone with nothing but interesting words that I encounter.
From casual conversations to technical communication and even prompting AI, mastering a robust vocabulary is a profoundly underrated skill.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 11:00 am to paperwasp
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mastering a robust vocabulary is a profoundly underrated skill.
This right here gives me hope in the next generation!
OBSTREPEROUS
The word most used in my youth as uttered by my educators
SELENOLATRY
Best describes my nocturnal neckedness and vocal stylings
VELLICHOR
Explains my hobby not to see high heat combine with modern humanity
SONDER
Explains my attachment to the SEC OT
Posted on 11/6/26 at 11:20 am to Cheese Grits
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SELENOLATRY
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describes my nocturnal neckedness
Brings to mind the folly of abandoning Greek and Latin.
Paradoxically, we remain fascinated by the Acropolis of Athens and the Colosseum of Rome, yet we have somehow come to accept ignorance of the associated root words that form the foundation of our language.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 11:40 am to paperwasp
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Brings to mind the folly of abandoning Greek and Latin.
KIGE
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we have somehow come to accept ignorance of the associated root words that form the foundation of our language.
You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.
In my youth, in grade school
You studied your territory / state (some states are newer than other)
You studied your country
You studied your world
You studied Latin to appreciate communication
You studied Greek to appreciate the theater and arts
You studies the basic sciences to understand the mechanics of everything
It was called a "classical" education and produced well rounded humans with skills to reason that which surrounded them.
Somewhere in the 80's we started teaching kids just to score well on state and national tests and now we have kids who care little for other humans, can not change a tire, and can not think their way out of a paper bag when it comes to solving simple life problems.
I blame part of this on Vatican II and the disappearance of nuns on the educational experience, but most of the blame is on the parents being lazy and government being inefficient. In the past you had 1 person in the background for every 20 teachers. Today you have 5 people in the background for every 1 teacher.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 12:08 pm to Cheese Grits
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It was called a "classical" education and produced well rounded humans with skills to reason
I'm old and bitter, and often conspiratorial, but I'd almost swear this was purposeful.
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“Four Olds” refers to a campaign during China's Cultural Revolution (1966–76) that targeted “old ideas, customs, culture, and habits of mind.”
This movement aimed to dismantle traditional Chinese values and replace them with Maoist ideology.
The campaign led to widespread destruction of cultural artifacts, persecution of intellectuals and elders, and significant social upheaval.
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In 1984, a former KGB agent named Yuri Bezmenov claimed to know details of a Soviet plan to undermine the U.S. through psychological warfare on the American public.
“What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite of the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.”
Bezmenov described this process as “a great brainwashing,” the first stage of which is called “demoralization,” or re-educating one generation of students that would normally be exposed to the ideology of its country.
“Exposure to true information does not matter anymore,” said Bezmenov. “A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell nothing to him. Even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents, with pictures; he will refuse to believe it. When a military boot crashes his balls, then he will understand.”
Posted on 11/6/26 at 1:33 pm to paperwasp
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I'm old and bitter
To me you are a young whippersnapper, and your posts on here show me you at least still have your sense of humor. DJT is old and bitter in my book. Dude is in his 80's and still has no sense of humor, perhaps he should drop the cocaine and with the booze.
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I'd almost swear this was purposeful.
I do not believe in conspiracies but can tell you first hand as a fly on the wall of moments in history that when you add Arrogance + Entitlement = Slippery Slope. Since the 70's Slippery Slope + Greed + Fear = US Today.
It is, but not a conspiracy, if you actually read the famous IKE and Carter speeches, they were your Oracle of Delphi's of their era. American works best when united, not divided. While in the earliest days of the country the 1% held sway (They were called Federalists) and the 99% (The Democratic - Republican Party) held them in check with the power of the vote to off set that massive wealth
Now the 1% (which could reach down to local cities and counties) has been replaced by the 0.00001% to 0.000001% who can now manipulate the media (social media included) to turn the VAST majority into mindless sheep fighting each other instead of the actual problems. None of these folks live or work near "average" Americans, and their thought (which we think of as conspiracies) are how they actually think. Sheep get sheared and eventually slaughtered because they do not attack the lone wolf as a single mass.
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