Avatar photoJ. R. Heston

Joseph “J.R.” Heston is a Rutgers University graduate and a Philadelphia public high school teacher with over 15 years of experience. A lifelong student of history, his writing compares people who actually did things with people who can’t sit still for five minutes. He also writes for AJnet Magazine because teachers are severely underpaid.

We’re Raising a Generation That Can’t Handle Reality

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Students sit in a classroom facing a teacher at the front of the room while a dark overlay displays the headline “We’re Raising a Generation That Can’t Handle Reality” alongside an AJnet Editorial byline for Joseph “J.R.” Heston.

J.R. Heston has spent nearly twenty years teaching in Philadelphia classrooms, and he says the situation is getting worse fast. From violent students to social media addiction and parents who refuse to hold their kids accountable, Heston argues that schools are producing a generation completely unprepared for the real world.