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“Fuck you.”
If those words alone already make you uncomfortable, the reality of what students are up to these days may shock you.
10 year olds are swearing.
12 year olds are surfing porn.
14 year olds are sexually active.
16 year olds are broken.
18 year olds are committing crimes.
Your children may not be as wholesome as you think.
Unfortunately, some parents and schools are oblivious, too strict or in denial until it’s a little too late.. by the time you do realize, the damage is done or they’ve blocked you out of their lives.
They are the digital generation. For better or worse, they grew up with devices in their hands instead of books. They are “smarter” but also a lot more exposed to everything on the internet. They consume things on Tiktok, interact on Discord.. which could be really toxic sometimes.
One minute they are keeping up with some Tiktok trend, the next second it could be viewing some stupid prank or sexualised content. They follow streamers, game with others on servers; instead of expanding their vocabulary, they level up their vulgarity.
They communicate by spamming stickers and memes, text incoherently; maybe i’m now “old” because I literally had to ask one of my students “what on earth are you saying?”. But it’s quite concerning that they’ve become so used to their texting styles that some cannot even distinguish the difference between a casual message to a friend vs writing a formal message or official email.
Their phones are their lives. But online, they lead multiple lives.
We used to create different email accounts to filter spam.. these days, they create multiple accounts to stalk, to game, to anonymously troll or hate on others online thinking there are no consequences or they cannot be traced.
Some parents impose screen time or phone locks but your kids are “smart”. They know how to bypass these restrictions or hide what they don’t want you to know. The more you try to dig, the more they will hide things from you. It’s a constant game of cat and mouse. Take their devices away and you’ll meet a different monster.
It’s something that’s a lot more common and rampant but unfortunately, some parents and schools are oblivious, too strict or in denial until it’s too late.
During one of the Home-Based Learning (HBL) sessions, I was conducting a class online for Primary 5 kids. In the chat, some boy decided to spam “69” as one of the answers which created havoc in the chat box.
So I called him out.
“Why is your answer 69?”
“Because..” he unmuted, and then just burst out laughing.
“I want you to explain to me and to the class what 69 actually means,” I replied him, dead serious.
“Erm…” the boy was hesitant.
“.. it’s a sex number,” another classmate typed in the chat.
“Yea, you’re right. It is related to sex. Can you share with the class what else you know about it?” I directed the attention back at the 69 spammer who seemed torn at this point.
“I don’t want to say..”
“How do you feel right now when I asked you to explain what 69 means?”
“I don’t know.. not good?”
A lot more at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2022/02/i-called-out-boy-for-spamming-69-during.html
If those words alone already make you uncomfortable, the reality of what students are up to these days may shock you.
10 year olds are swearing.
12 year olds are surfing porn.
14 year olds are sexually active.
16 year olds are broken.
18 year olds are committing crimes.
Your children may not be as wholesome as you think.
Unfortunately, some parents and schools are oblivious, too strict or in denial until it’s a little too late.. by the time you do realize, the damage is done or they’ve blocked you out of their lives.
They are the digital generation. For better or worse, they grew up with devices in their hands instead of books. They are “smarter” but also a lot more exposed to everything on the internet. They consume things on Tiktok, interact on Discord.. which could be really toxic sometimes.
One minute they are keeping up with some Tiktok trend, the next second it could be viewing some stupid prank or sexualised content. They follow streamers, game with others on servers; instead of expanding their vocabulary, they level up their vulgarity.
They communicate by spamming stickers and memes, text incoherently; maybe i’m now “old” because I literally had to ask one of my students “what on earth are you saying?”. But it’s quite concerning that they’ve become so used to their texting styles that some cannot even distinguish the difference between a casual message to a friend vs writing a formal message or official email.
Their phones are their lives. But online, they lead multiple lives.
We used to create different email accounts to filter spam.. these days, they create multiple accounts to stalk, to game, to anonymously troll or hate on others online thinking there are no consequences or they cannot be traced.
Some parents impose screen time or phone locks but your kids are “smart”. They know how to bypass these restrictions or hide what they don’t want you to know. The more you try to dig, the more they will hide things from you. It’s a constant game of cat and mouse. Take their devices away and you’ll meet a different monster.
It’s something that’s a lot more common and rampant but unfortunately, some parents and schools are oblivious, too strict or in denial until it’s too late.
During one of the Home-Based Learning (HBL) sessions, I was conducting a class online for Primary 5 kids. In the chat, some boy decided to spam “69” as one of the answers which created havoc in the chat box.
So I called him out.
“Why is your answer 69?”
“Because..” he unmuted, and then just burst out laughing.
“I want you to explain to me and to the class what 69 actually means,” I replied him, dead serious.
“Erm…” the boy was hesitant.
“.. it’s a sex number,” another classmate typed in the chat.
“Yea, you’re right. It is related to sex. Can you share with the class what else you know about it?” I directed the attention back at the 69 spammer who seemed torn at this point.
“I don’t want to say..”
“How do you feel right now when I asked you to explain what 69 means?”
“I don’t know.. not good?”
A lot more at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2022/02/i-called-out-boy-for-spamming-69-during.html