Re:TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle sc...
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:48PM
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FWIW, the only argument I was making (not speaking for OP) is that this specific observation of "80% of my students want to be social media influencers" is a weak indicator that TikTok (really, every social media platform) is creating difficulties for today's teenagers. There are other strong indicators that this is the case.
> 80% of my students want to be social media influencers when they grow up (despite having very poor social skills), and the other 20% have never given it any thought.
The numbers are made up, so I wouldn't expect that there's significance in the spread. My point is that the the teacher almost exclusively sees two groups: one who takes the option in vogue, and one who hasn't thought about it. To me, this suggests that something approaching 100% of their students have given this little to no thought, which jives with my experience at that age.
I think we'd agree that this is a minor point and doesn't really take away from the conclusion drawn in the tweet.
> 80% of my students want to be social media influencers when they grow up (despite having very poor social skills), and the other 20% have never given it any thought.
The numbers are made up, so I wouldn't expect that there's significance in the spread. My point is that the the teacher almost exclusively sees two groups: one who takes the option in vogue, and one who hasn't thought about it. To me, this suggests that something approaching 100% of their students have given this little to no thought, which jives with my experience at that age.
I think we'd agree that this is a minor point and doesn't really take away from the conclusion drawn in the tweet.