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I just spent 4 days at a remote camp with 700 kids

It might be one of the first times I’ve seen a group:

- not on their cell phones

- dancing

- singing at the top of their lungs

- making friends with anyone who stood next to them

- excited to learn and try new things

- THANK the adults in the room

- eagerly participate

and it made me think that this is the best way to be a child. I teach high school, but these kids are still children. The difference between their generation and mine though, is that their generation didn’t get to grow up as slow as we did. instead, they had phones and tablets placed in their hands as soon as they were able to speak, they were worried about what clothes they wear and what Starbucks drink they had in hand before they even understood their own style or taste because they’ve been influenced by thousands of others online.

This generation never really got a chance to just BE kids. And I think that’s what the real issue is.

#teacherthoughts #teacherlife #kidsbeingkids

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