Why are kids so stupid nowadays?

Larger classes has some to do with it but so does the fact that now days both parents have to work full time jobs to make it and back years ago the mother would be home to spend more time with the children. Now parents get home from work after the kids get home, in many cases, cook supper, get bathes, clothes ready for the next day, and maybe help with homework if time. There just doesn't seem to be enough time. Plus kids now days don't have to use their imagination. Pretend still had a lot to do with play time when I was a kid and now the toys do everything so pretend is gone. Kids are not more stupid now than ever before they just no longer have to apply themselves.

I think you are over generalizing, but society has gotten more casual, and education has too. Standards for spelling and grammer have been relaxed- even computer culture- with slang and abbreviations influences kids today. The common sense part may be from parents today being more protective of their children, and not letting them do things on their own, to shelter them, whereas in the past, kids could roam on their own and become more street smart.

i think kids are so stupid nowadays because of all the things they have. for example all the new vidoe games that are out, psp, ps2, ps3, xbox etc and any other video game that sout they spend so much time playing these games that arent educational and just are a waste of time and money. also most kids dont really know what they want to do in life and dont have a goal in life. if they would kno what they want then maybe they would be smarter. and i also think that its because they are so used to seing it they act as they see it. they practice what they see. and because many parents nowadays dont really care about their kids education. so its as much as the parents as it is the kids fault that kids are so stupid nowadays. and if parents would push their kids more nowadays maybe it would change who knows

I think that a lot of it has to do with how our culture/society has evolved. Everything is simplified. You can get anything with a push of a button - it has made people lazy. Many parents just shove their kids in front of a television or a video game to keep them occupied.

there are a lot of decent ones out there. You may notice the loud, obnoxious ones, but I've met quite a few, to tell me their is a lot of teens looking out into this grim society with the same dismay as u display, me too actually.

Well, in part because parents use televisions as babysitters. Plus, with video games now, kids don't have to actually think, just push buttons. When their small attention spans wander they push another button, start another game and repeat the process.

Not so long ago we had to actually use our minds and imaginations to play.

My thoughts exactly! But I do know that we have children of the drug addicts in classrooms and they have major difficulties in understanding, patience, ability to focus.

the shows that they watch, the environment they r in, music that they listen, and wrong people they admire. Basically they missunderstood or misuse the culture they are in.

Ask thier parents :)

public schools need more funding ......... classses are two crowied