Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds

Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by saagarjha on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @03:36PM (#24357070)

I tuned out to those the moment I got to middle school and realized that I did not have to write all my assignments in pen, use cursive, or risk having my assignment shredded if I forgot to put my name on it.

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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by mywittyname on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @04:41PM (#24357885)

Being an authoritarian asshole is probably a coping mechanism for teachers who struggle to navigate the same hellscape the students must. Teachers aren't immune from the school yard popularity contest: the charismatic teachers seem to have a much easier life than the rest.

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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by toomanybeersies on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @09:03PM (#24359904)

I found it was usually older teachers who were authoritarian luddites. I don't think it was a coping mechanism, I just think that's how they genuinely thought the "real world" still works, as they had been teaching for 40 years and had no idea what non-teaching jobs and university were actually like.

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