Keeping kids' attention is not easy these days, especially in school. Pairing the short attention spans of children with all of the distracting technology out there makes it really difficult for teachers to teach. Teachers need to work harder to keep kids engaged with learning, they need to connect with them on a personal level, and somehow become cooler than their phones and social media. It's not easy.

Teachers have struggled with kids and distractions for years now. Kids don't think teachers are cool, and even the so-called cool teachers have kids who just don't get it. Some teachers and other professionals have developed an "if you can't beat them, join them" mentality. Internet slang and trends have started to appear in school hallways and classrooms, but it might not be doing what they want it to do.

Take a moment to see some outrageously cringeworthy moments of adults and teachers using modern, trendy memes and slang in real life to try and connect with the young generations.