Kids today have it easy
All their schoolwork is on the computer
When I was a kid
We had to bring home every subject
Math, English, Science, History,
Art, Music, and PE too
We had to do pages and pages
Of numbers and definitions
Writing essay after essay
While today’s kids have it easy
They just have to enter a few
Ticks in a few checkboxes
Select A, B, or C
Write a short paragraph
All on a Chromebook that the school provides
It’s so easy, they never bring work home anymore
It’s crazy as all hell
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Comments (4)
TRUTH! Are we changing to dummy it down and make it easy, reward any little step so they see no drama, no difficulty to become stronger?
We had tons of homework too. It was a nightmare. And we don't have lockers here at school. So we had to carry everything to school and back home even if there's no homework. Loved your poem!
I fund it extremely annoying when they never have homework which I can see. Good old pen and paper makes us dinosaurs they say. Feisty bunch. Still, I think that we were better off knowing the value of figuring it out for ourselves, Maybe....
It's leading to helpless young humans. They need a phone to survive now. I remember walking with a satchel of heavy books home. I am pre back pack era.