Kids are getting ruder, teachers say. And new research backs that up [Video]

An Ontario teacher says “manners have gone out the door” in classrooms since the pandemic, and new research agrees that kids have become ruder to both teachers and each other.

“There’s a lot more outbursts,” said Marylinda Lamarra, a secondary school teacher in the York Catholic District School Board in Ontario.

“Students feel empowered to just speak out whenever they have a question on their mind … or they ask to go to the bathroom, mid-sentence while I’m teaching,” she told The Current.

Lamarra said students struggle to pay attention through a whole lesson and can’t seem to manage their own disruptive behavior. They’re also ruder to each other, and often can’t resolve conflicts without resorting to yelling.

“It’s just become increasingly more noticeable post-COVID,” she said.