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Problem with today's youth
Jun 11, 2017 15:19:07 #
pipesgt wrote:
I just came back from a tour of the Normandy Beaches. It brought tears to my eyes, looking at 9,387 headstones, at the American Cemetery. I found out why they were called: 'The Greatest Generation'. Most of them were just 18 to 22 year old kids.
Do you think that this generation of kids would have done what they did? I think not!
Do you think that this generation of kids would have done what they did? I think not!
How about some facts. The average of the foot soldier in WWII was 27 years old. The average age of the "grunt" in Vietnam was 19 years old. As for your last statement: how wrong could you be? They do it every day. The war on terror is mean and ugly. Just because the national media will not show us the war doesn't mean that it isn't being fought by our best and bravest.
Jun 11, 2017 15:20:05 #
I think that many younger parents of today, have no idea how to be parents because their parents did not parent them properly. They therefore let the kindergarten and elementary schools do the parenting, while they are both busy working trying to survive in today's economy. Their peers help mold their opinions and attitudes, and so the cycle is going. I do not see it getting better any time soon, unless this countries economy starts to boom and the mom has the opportunity to be a stay at home mom and instill the values so badly needed to turn this country around.
Jun 11, 2017 17:23:03 #
travelwp wrote:
Unfortunately, if she included her photo with her resume, she would easily get a job with any of the major, liberal, media outlets.
It's sad but you are probably right!
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Jun 11, 2017 17:40:10 #
sirlensalot wrote:
Judging a book by a fb post which is mostly BS to ... (show quote)
Quote:" They need our support a helluva lot more than our criticism."
The other day I was leaving a grocery store parking lot and when I pulled up to the exit onto a main artery, a motorcyclist was stopped in the middle of the exit driveway and playing on his cell phone. I didn't think he knew someone had pulled behind him because he did have a helmet on, and only tooted a little beep to get his attention. His reply was to turn to me and finger me and then just to make sure he put his finger under his chin and flipped me off twice more. Just what type of support should I have given him?
The real problem isn't that he blocked me. It was he was totally oblivious to his surroundings and his cell phone was so important to be on a motorcycle and using it in his hands. He eventually pulled out into the roadway like a bat out of hell. Odd thing was I caught up to him at the very next red light two lanes over from him. Guess what - I saw him again, he was back on the hand held cell phone even after the light turned green.
I couldn't find support for him but there is plenty of criticism that could be placed at his feet. Like civility, and paying attention to a situation that could cost him his life (driving irresponsibly) etc... As to his behavior I'll let karma take care of him - what goes around comes around.
Jun 11, 2017 17:50:09 #
There is no Education system. What we do have is a politicized cesspool of inefficiency which is rapidly turning into a for profit industry.
USN pilot wrote:
Sadly, much, if not of all it, is the fault of the parents; although we have to give some credit to today's education system.
Jun 11, 2017 19:04:54 #
Glad I am at the age that I will not have to rely her to take care of me!!
Don
Don
Jun 11, 2017 19:47:52 #
mrpentaxk5ii wrote:
She does not realize that potential employers will look at all her postings on the web. Many of them will NOT be impressed.Little does she know that her life is just starting, hope she get's her act together before to long.
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Jun 11, 2017 19:50:56 #
Jun 11, 2017 23:33:26 #
This is probably going to come back to bite her in her pretty little butt and she won't even know why. Sad.
Jun 12, 2017 04:33:39 #
usnpilot wrote:
Dear America, br br Yesterday, br br This newly ... (show quote)
I've read and been told that a lot of prospective employers will check Facebook sites and the Internet for crap such as this. Poetic justice?
Jun 12, 2017 04:54:08 #
MsLala wrote:
The sad fact is, some of those well motivated kids... (show quote)
i'll agree that more kids today bow to peer pressure, but teaching from home can counter that. as for the quality of the school or the money shelled out, that's minor. back in the late 19th and early 20th century black and poor white underfunded schools put out a good number of well educated students.
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Jun 12, 2017 19:27:43 #
My only wish is that this picture follows her to every job interview. Perhaps she will learn a lesson.
Jun 14, 2017 19:48:53 #
Bob Boner wrote:
I taught college mathematics for 38 years. The disturbing thing I saw the last few years I taught was that students no longer know how to figure things out. They avoid that intellectual endeavor and just look everything up on-line. Consequently they do not developing problem solving skills (applicable to all areas of life) that they will need to compete in today's job market.
I teach part time in the school of engineering at a local university (after 35 years as an aerospace engineer and manager). One of my students wasn't performing well in my class. I was discussing this with him and the fact that a significant part of a university education is to learn how to think and solve problems. He looked at me and said something like: "I'm going to be an airline pilot; I don't need to think. I only have to do what air traffic control tells me to do." I almost fell out of my chair. If I ever see him getting into the pointy end of an airliner I'm boarding, I'm getting off. There seems to be a significant lack of inquisitiveness in many students.
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