Srinagar, Sept. 12 -- There was a time when a child could sit with a storybook for half an hour without asking, "What's next?" Today, keeping a classroom engaged for even a few minutes can sometimes feel like a challenge. As a teacher, I have noticed something changing-not necessarily in the ability of children to learn, but in their ability to stay with one thing long enough to learn it deeply.A student may struggle to read a few pages of a textbook but can watch dozens of short videos one after another. A child may say, "This is boring," just a few minutes into a lesson, yet remain completely absorbed in a game or a social media feed. This is not simply laziness. It is a sign of the world children are growing up in.Our attention is cons...