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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
US teacher quits, saying kids ‘can't even read' — and she says they need to be ‘cut off' from technology ASAP
A 10th-grade English teacher is walking away from the classroom — and lighting up social media on her way out. Hannah Maria, a 20-something former educator, says she's quitting because of a sharp drop in literacy and bad behavior in her classroom. 'I really don't have a lot of faith in some of these kids that I teach,' she said in a TikTok video circulating on X. Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or fix freezers. Here's how I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for retirement — what should I do? Don't panic. Here are 5 of the easiest ways you can catch up (and fast) Nervous about the stock market in 2025? Find out how you can access this $1B private real estate fund (with as little as $10) Her emotional announcement has since gone viral — even though her account is now private, the video has roughly 7 million views. According to her, kids in her class can't sit still, have diminished attention spans and can barely read or write. And the biggest factor contributing to this decline in learning ability and behavior, she believes, is their excessive reliance on technology. 'Technology is directly contributing to the literacy decrease we are seeing in this country right now,' Maria said in her post. Here's why she believes the problem could get worse if lawmakers, regulators and school boards don't step in right away. The overreliance on AI-enabled devices has become a crutch that most students can't do without, according to Maria. 'A lot of these kids don't know how to read because they've had things read to them or they can click a button and have things read out loud to them in seconds,' she explained. 'Their attention spans are weaning because everything is high-stimulation and they can just scroll [away from something] in less than a minute. They can't sit still for very long.' Annual reading and math skill assessments by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) seem to confirm her observation. Average scores have declined 7 points in reading and 14 points in mathematics over the past decade. Younger kids are struggling too. Less than half (47%) of kindergarten students were able to read at grade level during the 2021 to 2022 school year, according to Real Clear Education. School-aged children may be struggling with reading because they're not practicing as much as they used to. According to Steam Ahead's analysis of National Assessment of Educational Progress data, only 17% of 13-year-olds reported reading for fun almost daily — the lowest rate since 1984. Instead, children find screen time more engaging and enjoyable. A study published in the JAMA Pediatrics medical journal found that adolescents aged 13 to 18 years spend 8.5 hours daily on average using screen-based media. This tech addiction is leaving many young Americans unprepared for life outside school, according to Maria. 'I understand that the world is going in a direction where AI is going to be more prevalent, even in the workforce someday,' she said. 'That still doesn't take away [from the fact that] these are basic skills you need to survive.' She calls on regulators and school boards to step in and solve the issue before it's too late. Read more: Want an extra $1,300,000 when you retire? Dave Ramsey says — and that 'anyone' can do it Maria's recommended solution for the problem is to 'cut off technology from these kids, probably until they go to college.' More than a third of U.S. adults seem to share Maria's view that the use of AI has 'very or somewhat negative' impacts on the K12 education system, according to a 2023 YouGov poll. However, most adults are not in favor of restrictions or an outright ban. Only 24% of U.S. adults said students should be prevented from using AI while 52% said schools should teach children how to use AI appropriately. Nevertheless, if AI tools become more potent and pervasive while literacy rates continue to drop, teachers, regulators and parents may have to rethink the way they educate the next generation. Here are 5 'must have' items that Americans (almost) always overpay for — and very quickly regret. How many are hurting you? Rich, young Americans are ditching the stormy stock market — here are the alternative assets they're banking on instead Robert Kiyosaki warns of a 'Greater Depression' coming to the US — with millions of Americans going poor. But he says these 2 'easy-money' assets will bring in 'great wealth'. How to get in now This is how American car dealers use the '4-square method' to make big profits off you — and how you can ensure you pay a fair price for all your vehicle costs Like what you read? Join 200,000+ readers and get the best of Moneywise straight to your inbox every week. This article provides information only and should not be construed as advice. It is provided without warranty of any kind.
Toronto Sun
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
U.S. high school teacher quits job due to disruptive technology
A U.S. high school teacher said she is quitting her job because technology is disrupting students' ability to learn in the classroom. Photo by hannahmariaf / TikTok An American high school teacher said she is fed up with students scrolling social media and using artificial intelligence to complete assignments. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The Grade 10 English teacher announced in a nearly 10-minute TikTok rant last week that she is quitting her job after two years. 'I'm actually leaving the profession,' Hannah Maria said in the video, which is now private following intense media attention. 'I am quitting. Friday is my last day. This will not be my classroom after Friday,' she added, according to Britain's Daily Mail . In the video, the teacher said technology has ruined education after revealing her school district hands out iPads to every student from Grades 6-12. 'These kids don't know how to read,' she said. 'Because they've had things read to them, or they can just click a button and have something read out loud. Their attention spans are waning. Everything is high stimulation. They can scroll in less than a minute.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. She also complained that students are not motivated to write paragraphs on paper and that they throw tantrums for not being able to type out their assignments. She said they just copy answers from the internet or use AI. 'They don't care about making a difference in the world. They don't care how to write a resume or a cover letter. They just have these devices in their hands that they think will get them through the rest of their life.' RECOMMENDED VIDEO However, since making the video private due to news outlets reposting it without her permission, Hannah Maria explained in another video Tuesday that her intent was not to shame students or that she didn't believe in their potential. 'That was never my intent, and I hope that I am clear in saying that it is the TECHNOLOGY and AI that is enabling their behaviour and lack of motivation,' she wrote in the caption. Although the educator didn't take back what she said about her students, she would like to see proper guidance and tools in the classroom. 'I am sorry to any student who I may have taught who saw that video,' she said, adding that there were many bright students who were eager to learn. Read More Toronto Maple Leafs Editorials NHL World Toronto & GTA
New York Post
13-05-2025
- New York Post
Teacher reveals why she's quitting on her students: ‘I don't really have faith in some of these kids'
It's tech'ing a toll on tots, tweens and teens. ChatGPT, artificial intelligence that's emerging as a useful resource, is 'ruining' childhood education, so says a ticked-off teacher, who's leaving the classroom for good. 'Technology is directly contributing to the literacy decrease we are seeing in this country right now,' huffed Hannah Maria, an outgoing 10th-grade English teacher, in viral TikTok vid, announcing her exit from the profession. Maria's TikTok account is now private, but footage of her tirade is currently trending on X. 7 Hannah Maria, a soon-to-be ex-high school English teacher, blames technology for zapping away children's interest in learning. – Describing herself as an 'older Gen Z,' the 20-something explained that middle and high school students in her district are issued iPads at the beginning of each academic year. But rather than serving as educational tools for the youngsters, Maria claims the AI-dense devices have become a crutch. 'A lot of these kids don't know how to read because they've had things read to them or they can click a button and have things read out loud to them in seconds,' she griped. 'Their attention spans are weaning because everything is high-stimulation and they can just scroll [away from something] in less than a minute. They can't sit still for very long.' And what the teacher's saying adds up. 7 Nationwide test results show a steep decline in reading proficiency for kids under age 18. EFStock – Damning results from a recent National Assessment of Educational Progress test revealed the lowest level of reading proficiency for early adolescents in 32 years. The findings also highlighted that at least a third of America's students failed to demonstrate 'basic' reading skills expected for their age group. Analysts from the Seattle Children's Research Institute, too, found that students ages 13 to 18 tend to spend upwards of six hours scrolling on their devices during the school day, rather than focusing on their studies. 7 Maria claims the burnout and frustration she's experienced while teaching AI-dependent 10th graders has practically contributed to her decision to leave education. LincB – 7 Maria claims that kids are indifferent towards learning because they've grown accustomed to letting artificial intelligence do their schoolwork. Diego – 7 Rather than giving students iPads for learning, Maria suggests school districts revert to textbooks and workbooks. David Fuentes – Maria attributes her departure from education, in part, to a lack of intervention from the powers that be. 'Look at the test scores and the statistics and the literacy rates from when students didn't use technology to now,' she begged the learning authorities, noting that her teenage students throw tantrums when tasked with hand-writing a few paragraphs. Instead of picking up a pen or pencil, the rising generations prefer tapping ChatGPT to get the simple job done. 7 A whistleblower, Maria believes kids 'don't care' to learn the fundamentals of education or how to make an impact on the world, due to their obsession with ChatGPT. WavebreakMediaMicro – 'These kids don't even care,' Maria moaned of children's aloofness towards reading comprehension, language arts, history and mathematics. Aloofness, she believes, is born out of their imbalanced dependence on technology. 'They don't care about making a difference in the world,' she continued, emphasizing that many of her pupils are failing in school and in life. 'They don't care about [writing] a resume or cover letter because ChatGPT will do it for them.' 7 Maria begs leaders in education to ban AI and smart-devices from tots, tweens and teens until they're college-aged. Erzsbet – 'We're at the point where I don't really have faith in some of these kids that I teach,' said a teary Maria, imploring decision makers to make changes in school systems. 'There's noting wrong with using your budget on textbooks and workbooks,' she assured the higher-ups. 'We've got to start getting rid of the technology, and bringing back the things that worked.' 'We need to cut off technology from these kids,' said Maria, 'probably until they go to college.'
Newsweek
13-05-2025
- General
- Newsweek
Gen Z Teacher Quits, Reveals Why She Thinks High School Students Are Doomed
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A Gen-Z teacher has shared why she left the profession in a social media video that has been viewed millions of times. Hannah Maria, who taught tenth-grade English, sounded the alarm on the impact of technology on kids in a nine-minute video. Why It Matters As of 2024, 21 percent of adults in the U.S. were found to be illiterate, with 54 percent of adults having a literacy rate below a sixth-grade level, according to the National Literacy Institute. Low literacy costs the country up to $2.2 trillion a year, according to the NLI. A report released in January 2025 from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that the reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students have declined in multiple states to below the national average. In this stock image, a student raises their hand during a lesson at Whitchurch High School in Cardiff, Wales, on September 14, 2021. In this stock image, a student raises their hand during a lesson at Whitchurch High School in Cardiff, Wales, on September 14, To Know At the time of reporting, the video has been reshared to X where it has been viewed 4.3 million times. The TikTok account where the original video was posted has been set to private. Filming in a classroom shortly ahead of her last day teaching, Hannah Maria said that "technology is ruining education." "School boards and superintendents and people who actually can make this true difference in their school districts aren't listening," she says in the video. She shared that she teaches in a district where each student is given an iPad from sixth to twelfth grade. Hannah Maria, who said that she is an "older Gen-Z," said that "technology is directly contributing to the literary decrease we are seeing." "A lot of these kids don't know how to read, because they have had things read to them or they can click a button and have things read out loud to them," she said. She also said that children's "attention spans are waning because everything is high stimulation, they can just scroll," adding that kids "can't sit still for very long." She adds that when trying to get children she teaches to handwrite, they don't corporate, rolling their eyes or throwing tantrums. What People Are Saying Hannah Maria, speaking in her viral TikTok video: "I don't think these kids even care. They don't care about making a difference in the world... I think that we need to cut off technology from these kids, probably until they go to college." Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said in a statement after the January National Assessment of Educational Progress report was released: "These 2024 results clearly show that students are not where they need to be or where we want them to be." What's Next President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education that former President Jimmy Carter founded 45 years ago, which could change the face of education in America.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
High school English teacher lets rip as she reveals technology has crippled her classroom in unfiltered exit video
In a blistering TikTok rant that has captivated more than a million viewers, a 26-year-old high school English teacher has delivered a raw and unfiltered farewell to the classroom - and to a generation she says has been consumed and crippled by technology. 'I'm actually leaving the profession. I am quitting. Friday is my last day,' said Hannah Maria, a 10th-grade teacher who claims she simply couldn't take it anymore. 'This will not be my classroom after Friday.' In a nine-and-a-half minute spiel recorded during her planning period, Hannah tells the camera that her desks are no longer filled with minds eager to learn but with students scrolling TikTok, playing games, and copying assignments through AI tools like ChatGPT. 'I really, really, really want to talk about… how technology is ruining education,' she declares, her voice full of frustration and resignation. Hannah, who has 2,600 followers, teaches in a district where every student from sixth to twelfth grade is issued an iPad. Far from helping students, she believes the device has become a weight that is dragging down the standards of education in America. 'These kids don't know how to read,' she says flatly. 'Because they've had things read to them, or they can just click a button and have something read out loud. Their attention spans are waning. Everything is high stimulation. They can scroll in less than a minute.' Hannah continues to paint a grim picture of the modern classroom: Teenagers who refuse to write even a paragraph, who throw tantrums when asked to handwrite an assignment, who beg to 'just type it' - not to save time or effort but to copy and paste answers from the internet or use AI to do the thinking for them. 'They want to use [technology] for entertainment. They don't want to use it for education,' she says. She believes the behavior of her high schoolers is only part of the problem. What worries her is the sense that this generation, raised on screens, simply doesn't care about anything whether it be learning, literacy or even the basics of society. 'They don't care about making a difference in the world. They don't care how to write a resume or a cover letter. They just have these devices in their hands that they think will get them through the rest of their life. 'I don't have a lot of faith in some of these kids that I teach,' Hannah admits, before clarifying that she has taught 'several' bright students across her classes. But for many others she says, 'older generations have failed them' by devaluing the basics - reading, writing, arithmetic - and replacing them with high-tech distractions masquerading as innovation. 'When I was their age, movie days were a treat,' she reflects. 'But now, when they say they want a movie, they mean they want something playing in the background while they scroll on their phones and talk to their friends.' She says she can 'count on one hand' the number of students who actually pay attention during lessons in which films are shown. Her solution is a drastic one - ban technology from schools. 'I think we need to cut off technology from these kids probably until they go to college,' she says. 'Call me old-fashioned, but I just want you to look at the test scores. Look at the literacy rates. Look at the statistics. From when students didn't use technology… to now. 'If you can't read and you don't care to read… you're never going to have real opinions. You'll never understand why laws and government matter. You'll never know why you have the right to vote.' She pleads with decision-makers - school boards, superintendents - to look at the data that includes plunging test scores, the national literacy decline, the growing dependence on technology, before making her case for all things analog. 'There's nothing wrong with using your budget on textbooks and workbooks and paper copies of things,' she says. 'It might be a 20-year plan, but you've got to start reintegrating this. You've got to start getting rid of the technology and bringing back the things that worked.' Hannah explains how she didn't always want to be a teacher but decided to enter the profession three years ago, inspired by her own family who were educators. She notes how she found the school calendar appealing together with the chance to work with teens. Hannah even taught digital arts and computer skills before transitioning into teaching English class, even embracing the very technology she now blames for breaking the system. But between the pay, the behavior, and the disillusionment, she says the system has broken her too. 'My main motivator for leaving was the pay,' she admits. 'But if the experience overall had been better, I could've toughed it out.' In the end, she says, the job became unbearable. 'This generation is really tough,' she says. 'And I will admit that I'm just not cut out for it. Anyone who starts now… I commend you. God bless. I wish I was stronger.' Those commenting on the video appeared to have sympathy with Hannah's point of view. 'Bring back computer labs where they learn computer skills and leave the Chromebooks out of the classroom,' wrote one agreeing with her anti-tech stance. 'GenZ here, even just being in college online for Covid has made me feel like I've declined educationally. My attention span sucks, I don't know how to study anymore and have lost so many skills,' posted another. 'My students won't even Google now that AI is around. Google means looking at a few websites while AI just tells them. Wild,' explained a fellow teacher. 'Just graduated college and started using AI within the last year… I can't even imagine having access to it in high school - I never would've learned, at all,' a fourth wrote. In a follow-up video posted after her original take went viral, Hannah clarified she has a lot of respect for the faculty and staff at the school where she works, but maintained she 'made my bed and now I have to lie in it' amid a surge of attention over her viewpoint.
