as someone who started college in 2020: this started in zoom when we couldnt respond in class and had to use the chat, then snow balled w a bunch of profs not giving room to discuss, then the videos of people talking in lecture started going viral, and then everyone started talking about “the annoying one who always answers the question in class” not saying it isnt bad, but its complicated
2025-07-19 17:40:24
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roughhouseruth :
if you have to take a minute to think of the answer to the question, you have to communicate that. "hmmmm...." or "let's seeee...." or in this case, raise your hand when your name is called!
2025-07-18 13:26:16
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Mulder's Sister Samantha 👽 :
same. I teach first-years at a CC. They take entirely too long to buffer/process, are too afraid of being perceived/canceled and are afraid of being 'cringe'. Especially in a college course that's costing them money. I model not caring/being goofy/open/sharing but I just can't reach them.
2025-07-18 01:52:11
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adampaulstone :
I directed a music video last year and these 3 dancers just 😐 as I gave them direction. No head nod, no smile, no “okay great” just 😐 hahaha
2025-07-17 22:24:16
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Hy Poppa :
I'm a retired senior citizen and GenZ is nice as hell to me.
2025-07-19 08:28:16
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Mrs. H :
My 1st back to school dream this year was a full class just Gen Z staring at me. No responses to anything, no matter what I did. I usually dream about kids talking so much I can’t get their attention or not having the syllabus ready, but the Gen Z stare was much more of a nightmare! 😅
2025-07-18 14:38:34
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Cam Dowdle :
what do you attribute the stare to?
2025-07-17 23:06:18
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fkaprofessorjessie :
Seems like a dissociation/freeze response.
2025-07-18 22:10:13
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Cringe :
i feel like this Is real only in the usa...
2025-07-18 11:06:50
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Pigeon Jen :
This is excellent as an example! The sheer volume of z excuses and pushing it off to alpha….🙄😐
2025-07-18 09:15:15
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Cheryl Wood :
Same! I teach high school. I’m fact, my daughter was one of my students last year and she would do it. I mean, we laugh about it, but…
2025-07-18 15:51:41
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Marsh :
tbf i do the "gen z stare" but it's because I have dpdr & adhd so I'm like a good chunk of the time dissociated 🤣
2025-07-18 22:58:19
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Afrodite :
as a gen z, I don’t know what the stare is but I assumed that they just picked up on the fact that we are all high
2025-07-17 22:20:35
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Kimberly :
they've lead poisoned themselves with vaping.
2025-07-18 13:55:41
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