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Has anyone else noticed a sudden lack of reading comprehension skills? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just as the title asks I've noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they're reading.

They'll read it and despite all the information being there, if it's even slightly out of line from the most straightforward sentence structure, they act like it's complete gibberish or indecipherable.

Has anyone else noticed this? Because honestly it's making me lose my fucking mind.

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[–] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's been this way for years. I remember when reddit started getting influxes of highschoolers.

Don't get me wrong, everyone should have a voice. That being said, I'm not sure most teenagers are really able to fully participate or advise on a lot of topics. For example, most teenagers won't be able have solid marriage advice, nor will most of them have hands on experience working.

One of the worst examples that comes to mind was this thread on AITA where the parent was wondering if selling the car that they promised their son to keep a roof over ther head was immoral. For context, the father died a long time ago, and they had bad medical bills to pay. It was pretty easy to spot the lack of nuance in the comments on that thread, I have to tell ya. Shelter isn't something that you're really OK without. Many people seemed to think it wasn't necessary, and that a teenager needed a car (that wasn't in his name) more than he needed a roof over his head. I was flabbergasted, to be honest.