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On this episode of Class Dismissed, we dig into the eye-opening $300K cost of raising a child and what it really means for families trying to make it all work today.

This episode of Class Dismissed dives into the skyrocketing cost of childcare pushing families to their limits, debates whether daycare is worth the tradeoffs, and explores how economic pressures are reshaping parenting decisions and family life in America.

From shocking classroom chaos and bizarre education spending to cultural clashes shaping the next generation, this episode of “Class Dismissed” dives into the stories everyone’s talking about—while exposing the deeper trends transforming schools, students, and society.

This week on Class Dismissed, a growing push to ditch screens for pen and paper sparks new energy in learning, while the rise of AI raises big questions about work, purpose, and human connection. But it’s not all caution—AI proves its value in a real-world home sale success, and the show wraps with a heartwarming penguin story that reminds us how simple acts of creativity can bring unexpected joy.

This episode of Class Dismissed tackles big headlines and lighthearted moments, from a shocking diploma lawsuit to fifth graders running their own class election. The crew breaks down a university’s plant-based dining push before jumping into a hilarious bungee workout segment that proves this show can pivot from serious to straight-up fun in seconds.

On today’s Class Dismissed, the crew dives into why teens are ditching driver’s licenses, debates MrBeast’s push to reinvent school, reacts to a shocking Wisconsin incident involving an autistic student’s lunch, and closes with a hilarious “shopping vibes” parody.

Today on Class Dismissed, the crew celebrates a 10-year-old making history with dual college enrollment, tackles whether school still matters in an AI-driven world, calls out the broken credential system that would block Elon Musk from teaching, and ends with a creative teacher remixing a popular song to help students remember a science lesson.

This week on Class Dismissed, Harvard students protest fewer easy A’s, Gen Z brings mom to job interviews, a four-year-old gets summoned for jury duty, a six-year-old masters budgeting better than most adults, and we wrap it up by asking which music genre you would keep forever.

On this week’s Class Dismissed, we tackle claims that technology is making Gen Z dumber, cheer a 13-year-old Aussie hero who swam through shark-filled waters to save his family, laugh at a viral “bio math” wedding timeline, melt over a tiny British chef cooking for his mum, and debate which superpower we’d love to have.

Parents push back against kid cell phones, research proves paper books still beat screens, a mom reels as the alphabet song gets a bizarre makeover, and one man willingly gets steamrolled by goats inside a Zorb ball. From saving kids’ brains to sacrificing adult dignity, this week’s stories show how modern life keeps turning simple things into full-contact chaos.

Class Dismissed takes a hilarious (and slightly terrifying) tour through modern education—spotlighting Gen Z grads who can’t spell, professors reading college students aloud, and a $250K philosophy degree that pays exactly zero dollars. Along the way, the panel tackles AI anxiety, vanishing jobs, and tops it all off with a bungee workout that proves the future of fitness might involve flying, flailing, and signing a lot of waivers.

On today’s episode … Google thinks turning 13 means your kid has “graduated” from parental controls—so they email the kid how to remove them, and then we explore why letting tech do the thinking is funny… until it really isn’t.