In 2016, I left the Greens to become a Dem so that I could caucus for Bernie. By that point, I'd been a Green for more

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22. I don't think the kids today are terrible. I just think too much screen time and

hand holding or neglect have left them less scrappy and with fewer social skills than older generations. Other longtime teachers and I have remarked repeatedly on this, and no, it's not a "new generation, bad" thing. It's a screens bad, no imaginative play, no hands-on anything, living in a bubble so don't know how to relate to others kind of thing. We elder educators mourn the loss of shop, home ec, business courses, senior seminar/life skills. Maybe some schools still offer these things, but not here. I can't tell you how many guys I graduated with who might have dropped out if not for vo-tech classes keeping them in school. It was a big thing to work on cars and boats in shop.

I wish I could explain it more clearly. All I can say is, I tried teaching some 6th grade girls how to play cat's cradle. They were completely baffled, and done after three attempts. They were interested, but it was just too hard.