scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 6, 2015 23:44:45 GMT
I can't believe I am going to share this, don't hold this against me. My ADHD 4th grader didn't know how to tie his shoes. At least that's what his teacher told me but when I asked him if he knew how to tie his shoes he looked at me like I had just asked him if he knew his own name and told me that he has other people tie his shoes because it's easier. But honestly I don't think he had laced shoes until this year. Jen My sister, who is mentally and physically handicapped, had her niece tiying her shoes for her for years! When I was visiting, she bent down to tie my sister shoes. I ask what are you doing?! She had no clue that my sister could tie her shoes very easily.
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MorningPerson
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Post by MorningPerson on Aug 6, 2015 23:49:29 GMT
One of my kids was well into her teens and would walk across the house to find a digital clock rather than figure out what time it was on a "traditional" clock. Fast forward to assure anyone dealing with a similar kid: she now has her PhD, has a beautiful family, a successful career, and is thriving.
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Post by kels99 on Aug 6, 2015 23:54:59 GMT
I don't know teen who had no clue how to use a manual can opener. This just came up with our very smart straight-A 16 year old the other day; she had no clue how to use a can opener. I can't think of any others right now, of course, but there have been many instances of 'teenager brain' around here.
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Post by cmhs on Aug 6, 2015 23:59:01 GMT
On the flip.side, I an amazed at my 11 yo and 16 yo's knowledge of American history and math. Listening to them on car rides going back and forth with historical facts makes me feel like a dummy!
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Post by momstime on Aug 7, 2015 0:15:41 GMT
My kids (young 20's) didn't understand the quarter hour either (quarter after...or quarter til...). Instead, they say things like, "I have to leave at the 30." or "I was sitting here since the 15" I'm thinking they need remedial clock lessons, but it seems to work for them, and all their friends understand exactly what they are saying. Me, not so much.
I was horrified when my then high school graduate got her first job handling money. She did not know how to make change. I gave her a bunch of bills and coins and ran various scenarios with her until it clicked. How sad is that? The girl graduated top of her class and couldn't make change. Public education at its finest.
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theshyone
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Post by theshyone on Aug 7, 2015 0:16:50 GMT
The concept of hanging up a phone is lost on my son. You hit the off button, don't you know?
Lack of knowledge of WWII is still huge in our area as it was a touchy subject, no classics taught in lit class. What happened to Poe or Shakespere"
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 7, 2015 0:21:58 GMT
On the flip.side, I an amazed at my 11 yo and 16 yo's knowledge of American history and math. Listening to them on car rides going back and forth with historical facts makes me feel like a dummy! My son would go through episodes of Drunk History with me and explain what really happened. Playing Cards Against Humanity was also fun because he would explain what all of the historical references were and I would explain what all of the sex references were. Awkward situation.
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 7, 2015 0:23:47 GMT
My kids (young 20's) didn't understand the quarter hour either (quarter after...or quarter til...). Instead, they say things like, "I have to leave at the 30." or "I was sitting here since the 15" I'm thinking they need remedial clock lessons, but it seems to work for them, and all their friends understand exactly what they are saying. Me, not so much. I was horrified when my then high school graduate got her first job handling money. She did not know how to make change. I gave her a bunch of bills and coins and ran various scenarios with her until it clicked. How sad is that? The girl graduated top of her class and couldn't make change. Public education at its finest. Ouch! I teach that in fifth grade over and over and over. Maybe she just didn't remember learning it.
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Post by gonewalkabout on Aug 7, 2015 0:32:13 GMT
Unicorns are NOT extinct. How right you are. They are everywhere. But only the pure of heart can see them. dd will be very happy to hear this!
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iluvpink
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Jul 13, 2014 12:40:31 GMT
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Post by iluvpink on Aug 7, 2015 0:39:13 GMT
I was horrified when my then high school graduate got her first job handling money. She did not know how to make change. I gave her a bunch of bills and coins and ran various scenarios with her until it clicked. How sad is that? The girl graduated top of her class and couldn't make change. Public education at its finest. Ouch! I teach that in fifth grade over and over and over. Maybe she just didn't remember learning it. Um....I am 44 and still am terrible at that. I will not volunteer for positions at dd's school events that involve change. In school we went over and over it. At home my parents spent so many hours trying to drill it into my head. When I had jobs that involved handling money I was fine as long as the register told me what to give. But if someone then decided to change what they gave me I was screwed. And it was not for a lack of trying on the part of the school, my parents, etc. I just have the worst trouble with numbers. I'm at the point now where if I'm not "on the spot" when it comes to simple math I can figure it out in my head. But when someone is waiting for the answer etc, forget it, I blank. Unfortunately for dd, she is the same way.
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Post by SockMonkey on Aug 7, 2015 0:41:58 GMT
My kids (young 20's) didn't understand the quarter hour either (quarter after...or quarter til...). Instead, they say things like, "I have to leave at the 30." or "I was sitting here since the 15" I'm thinking they need remedial clock lessons, but it seems to work for them, and all their friends understand exactly what they are saying. Me, not so much. I was horrified when my then high school graduate got her first job handling money. She did not know how to make change. I gave her a bunch of bills and coins and ran various scenarios with her until it clicked. How sad is that? The girl graduated top of her class and couldn't make change. Public education at its finest. Can we not blame public education? I'll confess that my first job at age 14 was at a fast food joint. I had to cashier, and I had to learn how to make change. It wasn't a skill I'd ever learned. In theory, I knew how to subtract, but I never learned the quick way to count up from the total toward what the customer paid. It wasn't a skill I'd needed until that point. And, I went to Catholic school. Catholic education at its finest? What's more important is that your child was able to learn how to do it when taught. I work with teens all the time. I have to say, maybe their clock and cursive skills aren't on point, but damned if they aren't a hell of a lot more globally aware, ecologically responsible, and socially conscious than I or any of my peers ever were at that age.
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Nicole in TX
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Post by Nicole in TX on Aug 7, 2015 0:46:11 GMT
I have at least one student (senior in high school) who cannot tell time on an analog (not digital, not sure what else to call it) clock. And they are doubly screwed if said clock has Roman numerals rather than numbers because they don't know those either! So I have to teach 18year olds how to read Roman numerals so they can learn the amendments to the Constitution. Aack! this reminds me I need to review cursive with the aforementioned 8th grader. I'm not sure he remember it enough to read historic documents. When students sign out to use the pass, they must put the time. I have resorted to putting a small digital clock next to the pass so that I don't have to constantly tell them what time it is from the analog clock. And, no I don't have time to teach clock reading skills; I have a state-mandated end of course test to teach to!
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Post by bearmom on Aug 7, 2015 0:57:38 GMT
My dd wanted a picture of her and dh for Father's Day. I told her she needed to look one drawer, you know the one with all the printed pictures? She looked at me like I was crazy and kept asking me to just upload and print a new one. It took her awhile to grasp the concept of film.
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 7, 2015 1:13:42 GMT
I saved the image from this when it was going around FB. I figure it will be good to text to my kids one day. My kids will roll their eyes at me when I stop to explain something which should be obvious. I remind them of the NPR story and just tell them that I am protecting them from a future "extinct unicorn" experience. I just found the transcript of the NPR show. Some of the other stories: - a girl believed that only folks who's last name was Nielson could give rate the popularity of TV shows - another believed that you could only eat chicken for dinner (it's what her mom always made...until she went to college and ate dorm food Here is a link...it was an excellent story. NPR Story - A Little Bit of Knowledge
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 7, 2015 1:34:57 GMT
Several years ago, 3 or 4, she was in my parents RV we told her to roll down the window. She got very confused and told us she didn't know how, it was broken. Well she has only been in cars with electric windows and she didn't know how to roll down a manual car window This reminds me of a recent incident with my 10yo son. We were in a department store and they had old style dial phones for sale. He had NO IDEA how to use the dial. He's never seen a dial phone before. Instead of putting his finger in the correct hole for each number, he put his hand around the outside of the dial and turned it around. It made me laugh that he was totally clueless.
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Post by SockMonkey on Aug 7, 2015 1:39:58 GMT
I saved the image from this when it was going around FB. I figure it will be good to text to my kids one day. My kids will roll their eyes at me when I stop to explain something which should be obvious. I remind them of the NPR story and just tell them that I am protecting them from a future "extinct unicorn" experience. I just found the transcript of the NPR show. Some of the other stories: - a girl believed that only folks who's last name was Nielson could give rate the popularity of TV shows - another believed that you could only eat chicken for dinner (it's what her mom always made...until she went to college and ate dorm food Here is a link...it was an excellent story. NPR Story - A Little Bit of KnowledgeThat is a GREAT story! The part with the tissue boxes made me tear up!
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PLurker
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Post by PLurker on Aug 7, 2015 3:52:33 GMT
Several years ago, 3 or 4, she was in my parents RV we told her to roll down the window. She got very confused and told us she didn't know how, it was broken. Well she has only been in cars with electric windows and she didn't know how to roll down a manual car window My DD first car has roll down windows. We got a VERY good deal on it. I bought it in an affluent town and the salesman said it sat there forever because 1. these kids didn't know about rolling down window manually and 2. when they did they wouldn't be caught dead in a car with them. DD is happy to have a car and glad no one there wanted her little car. She loves it. My high school students have not known who Snoopy and Woodstock, Elizabeth Taylor, and John Lennon are. A couple/few years ago, DD took a selfie to imitate <<< this photo using 5 pair of cheap sunglasses she had. She captioned it "Look, I'm Lennon." crickets... she said none of her friends got the reference. I told her she needed new friends. Funny enough she is friends with more drama/musical kids now, so they do know. She also told me, the high school band could be heard from her classroom playing "suicide is painless" aka MASH theme. She said to no one in particular "oh, MASH". No one knew what she was talking about except the teacher. I think it's because we couldn't get cable here while the kids were growing up, so they got into older shows. She actually doesn't know some of her friends cable show references. She said to me, that with the references she uses people will think she is older but damn, she looks good for her age.
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smginaz Suzy
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Aug 7, 2015 3:52:50 GMT
Also, I am a grown ass adult and cannot make coffee. Do not know how to use a coffee maker. Epic fail. I just never have coffee and when I was married, my now ex-DH never had coffee so we never made it. My visitors had to make their own. I can sometimes operate a Keurig now but I have to really focus to do it all correctly.
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Post by maryland on Aug 7, 2015 4:03:37 GMT
My daughter can't tell time on a regular clock, she likes digital. She graduated at high school a few months ago at 17 (young in our area) and she is ranked 27/581. She can do AP Chemistry and AP Calculus, but can't tell time!
My three girls don't know how to put things away, close cabinet doors, throw empty things in the trash, they think dirty dishes go under the bed not in the dishwasher, and they don't think you need to shower every day!
At least they are cute!
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Post by cindytred on Aug 7, 2015 4:26:04 GMT
My 27 year old daughter doesn't know right from left. The incredible part is that she's a teacher! LOL!
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scorpeao
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Post by scorpeao on Aug 7, 2015 5:41:05 GMT
My 27 year old daughter doesn't know right from left. The incredible part is that she's a teacher! LOL! I have issues with right and left too.. It's actually pretty common.
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ComplicatedLady
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Aug 7, 2015 6:49:05 GMT
And my other son who was trying to call someone and heard a 'funny noise.' Turns out, the funny noise was a busy signal. Someone he knew parent's didn't have call waiting. This happened at my house too. My son was trying to call a friend and gave me a crazy confused look. I asked him what was going on and he said that the phone is making a "really weird beeping sound." It was the busy signal.
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Post by rainangel on Aug 7, 2015 7:24:43 GMT
How about that teenager who though blueberries were just peas holding their breath Not sure where I heard that story, but it was funny! And that is PEAS, as in the vegetable, not the users on this forum
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Post by nlwilkins on Aug 7, 2015 8:26:16 GMT
this was years agao - but my daughter thought turkeys were just male chickens.
One that I really remember was the first time I passed someone on a country road and both daughters who had been driving for several years freaked out. They did not know you could do that cause they had lived in Houston up to that time and did not drive in areas where passing was needful. They also got excited when I used the bright lights and wondered why I did not use them all the time after they figured out how I turned them on. I had to explain how we wanted the drivers driving towards us to be able to see us and avoid us. LOL
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tuesdaysgone
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Aug 7, 2015 9:29:40 GMT
My teen nephew was astonished that we drove across country without a GPS. He wanted to know how we knew which roads to take...I had to explain the concept of an atlas.
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Post by brina on Aug 7, 2015 12:02:00 GMT
My friend's daughter recently asked why we say, "hang up the phone".
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Post by Katie on Aug 7, 2015 12:15:01 GMT
I see kids writing Facebook posts who obviously think 'are' is the same as 'our'....as in "We're going to pick up 'are' new puppy today!" Huh??? I have a coworker who writes out 'I'll' as 'all'. This woman is 32 years old. I love her to pieces but HOW did she not learn this simple grammar in school??! We keep telling her to write it out as 'I will' but she never does. Drives me bonkers.
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johnnysmom
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Post by johnnysmom on Aug 7, 2015 13:58:02 GMT
Don't tell ds14 I told you this A couple weeks ago we went to Chicago. On the websites we read prior to the trip the hotel was supposed to have a basketball court. We couldn't find it so ds went and asked at the gift shop. She said the don't have one. We walk two more steps and ds exclaims that she was wrong, there's the sign! The sign read: O'hare Ball Rooms . Poor kid was so disappointed by what ball rooms actually were
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Aug 7, 2015 14:06:38 GMT
Unicorns are NOT extinct. You are correct. They are alive and well in Germany - Unicorns
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Post by momstime on Aug 7, 2015 14:17:07 GMT
My kids (young 20's) didn't understand the quarter hour either (quarter after...or quarter til...). Instead, they say things like, "I have to leave at the 30." or "I was sitting here since the 15" I'm thinking they need remedial clock lessons, but it seems to work for them, and all their friends understand exactly what they are saying. Me, not so much. I was horrified when my then high school graduate got her first job handling money. She did not know how to make change. I gave her a bunch of bills and coins and ran various scenarios with her until it clicked. How sad is that? The girl graduated top of her class and couldn't make change. Public education at its finest. Can we not blame public education? I'll confess that my first job at age 14 was at a fast food joint. I had to cashier, and I had to learn how to make change. It wasn't a skill I'd ever learned. In theory, I knew how to subtract, but I never learned the quick way to count up from the total toward what the customer paid. It wasn't a skill I'd needed until that point. And, I went to Catholic school. Catholic education at its finest? What's more important is that your child was able to learn how to do it when taught. I deleted my reply, as this topic is for another thread. You are right about your last sentence. I will leave it at that.
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