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What blew my mind was when I had a teacher telling me about their experiences with Zoomers and indicated that they seem to have a near universal inability to grasp the concept of a file structure. They just apparently can't wrap their heads around the fact that when you save something that it has to actually go somewhere on their device.
I mean... entirely seriously:
A large percentage of them are also functionally illiterate.
https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-parents-children-reading-literacy-crisis-2081875
The % of kids that 'read for fun everyday' has dropped from 35% in 1984 to 14% in 2023.
Functionally illiterate reading levels of the whole US population?
19% in 2017.
28% in 2023.
Again, for emphasis: 28% of all Americans are functionally illiterate.
They can't read beyond a 'Hop on Pop' level.
Nearly a third of the US population is at a 2nd grade reading level.
And that near 10% increase in 6 years... thats 6 years of Zoomers graduating high school and becoming adults.
... Only gonna be worse for Gen Alpha.
And on Nero fiddled while Rome burned... (aaand now I feel like I need to start appending eli5-esque, super simplistic breakdowns of what I'm saying at the end of my comments...)
Though, I gotta say, this does explain why I've noticed such a seeming up-tick in people staring just absolutely nonsensical arguments with me on here because they can't seem to understand that I'm making points im favor of their argument to begin with lol
Yeah, the only zoomers who really understand computers beyond the surface are gamers, especially ones who played stuff like modded minecraft before there were dedicated launchers for it
I remember being flabbergasted the first time I had to explain this to some of the boomer teachers and admin staff with my part time college job. The secretary had no idea how to find documents outside of word recent list.
The idea that young people are even worse than that secretary is scary.
I had the exact observation. It's crazy