20+ Teachers share their most unhinged Gen Alpha student stories that still keep them up at night: 'Several of them can't tell time... on a digital clock'

Teaching has never exactly been a stress-free job, but these days, it feels like educators are dealing with pure chaos well above their pay grade. We used to think we had it rough growing up, but Gen Alpha? These kids are navigating a whole new level of brain rot. Teachers are now fighting an uphill battle against shrinking attention spans, a steady stream of TikTok misinformation, and the massive educational gaps left behind by you know what. That global event from five years ago uprooted everything.

While many of us in the corporate world were secretly thrilled to ditch our morning commutes and discover the joys of working in pajama pants, school-age kids weren't so lucky. Foundational learning just didn't happen. My mom's a teacher, and I remember her district giving every student a laptop to use for remote learning. Great in theory, but how exactly is a kindergartener supposed to attend Zoom school when they can't even read yet?

According to these teachers, the fallout is real, and they're here to share their unhinged Gen Alpha horror stories to prove it.

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