To ask in what ways you’ve found that covid has left it’s mark on gen z?

[Grampalikedgrain]

Anecdotally I’m a teacher at a school age 11-18. Compared to before I would undoubtedly say that kids have less resilience, maturity and ability to work to deadlines. There’s so many older years not meeting basic expectations as they were in lockdown when they should have been taught some of these things. Eg a lot of our a levels cohort don’t know how to revise for exams. I see a LOT more immature and petty squabbles between our year 7s compared with pre covid cohorts. From friends working in other fields, I hear graduates are a lot harder to work with due to missing out on a normal uni experience. Aibu to ask in what ways you’ve found covid has left it’s mark on gen Z?

A skewed sense of "fairness"
Anything not going their way is deemed as "unfair"

We know a lad who just doesn't go to school any more.

He used to have a lot of shouty outbursts and break and throw things and shove people, and now he doesn't.

He hasn't since he stopped going to school.

That's on us isn't it? If school stresses him out to that degree?

My older two were home educated in 2020. The oldest had 1 GCSE cancelled summer 2020 which he took in Nov 2020, one on tutor-assessed grades summer 2020, then started 6th form with 2 GCSEs and had to take his remaining three in Nov after he started 6th form

It's strange to think now, coming up to A levels in a few weeks, that he, as the home educated child, has taken public exams before, but the rest of his year haven't.