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86% of Teachers Say Time is Moving Faster: The Digital Collapse of Education

Adilson Citelli

A groundbreaking study from the University of São Paulo, led by Professor Adilson Citelli, surveyed 509 teachers and 3,708 students across Brazil to uncover the brutal reality of digital education. The findings shatter the myth of the tech-enabled classroom: 86% of teachers feel time accelerating, 62% work over 30 hours a week, and 41% juggle two or three schools just to survive. Meanwhile, students are trapped in a dopamine-driven algorithm, with 62% abandoning homework for the internet. This video reveals the hidden crisis—exhausted educators, vanishing free time, and a cognitive chasm between slow school time and fragmented digital time. Discover why technology isn't a tool but a mediator, and how we can reclaim learning from the digital abyss.