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I Teach Middle Schoolers. I'm Seeing Something in the Kids That's Getting Worse Every Year.

Slate

Good Job is Slate's advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? I have been an eighth-grade teacher for seven years now and am beginning to think I made a terrible mistake in terms of choosing my profession. The kids I teach are rude and feral. They refuse to read or treat others with the slightest bit of decency, give up at the first sign of difficulty, and possess the attention span of goldfish.