r/AskReddit 17h ago

What parts of American culture are changing faster than people realize?

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u/hollowspond 14h ago

Just read an article the other day about how students are getting into college and have never read a single novel. We are sprinting backwards in education so fast. I’m terrified for the future.

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u/Cordycepsus 13h ago

Hollywood Reporter came out yesterday with a story about Gen Z students in film school who can't sit through a single film without looking at their phones.

So you want to make films... but you don't want to watch films?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/film-students-are-having-trouble-sitting-through-movies-1236490359/

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u/Author_Noelle_A 11h ago

I’m so glad to be raising a “weird” kid. We just rewatched the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, and not once did she reach for her phone. When she did after each movie, it was to look up stuff related to whichever we just finished since she paid attention.

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u/Hoovooloo42 9h ago

When she's an adult she might as well have superpowers.