Posted on 12/11/2012 6:03:06 AM PST by shortstop
I’ve often thought the rise in school shootings is largely due to the fake self esteem movement. These kids can’t handle stress or disappointment and we’ve basically raised a generation of sociopaths
Turning OFF the TV would be a good place to start.... lots of negative and unwholesome ideas streaming into your household, there!
They’d have a hard time outdoing the Boomers, the kings of narcissism. At any rate, this generation is like any generation, you have your good and bad ones. The narcissism he speaks of is much, much less here in the midwest. I work with alot of good, responsible young kids who are just as good stock as anyone.
“arrogant, self-absorbed twits with an exaggerated sense of entitlement and self-importance.”
This sounds like a pithy description of POTUS!
Educators--as a group--are the stupidest people on the planet. My wife was a teacher, and a darn good one, but those are few and far between.
On the other hand, the people in the 22-30 age group who are working hard are doing fantastically well. There’s very little competition.
At least the Boomers have something they can legitimately claim--our economy exploded with them working. These kids can only claim more gov't handouts.
Almost spell a word right on a test? Get a passing grade and an “attaboy” from the teacher.
Go 0-10 during the football season? Get a trophy exactly the same as those received by the champions of the league.
Lie and demagogue anyone who does not agree with your perverted Marxist-loving political and world view? Become pResident of the United States. Behold the libtard nation... an entire generation of arrogant ignoramuses, convinced of their "brilliance" and "ability" despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. And now, apparently, old enough to vote for the poster boy of narcissism...
“Failure to do that can have huge sociological consequences.”
I really hate this. We’re concerned about the problems of society, not the problems of sociologists.
I’ve often attributed my youth obesity to my conservatism and successes. I had very few friends, spent most of my time reading and studying, and even through college, I spent my life giving my time to charities, volunteering, and generally living a life of service. I received praise for my hard work instead of being praised for doing nothing. I worked for everything I had, and I still have a lot of it because I take care of my things.
I remember when I was 10, in 1990, they were starting this “Positive Actions” program in my elementary school. They focused on us praising our peers, focusing on positives, never putting down anyone or anything. I could tell my 5th grade teachers, both in their 50s, didn’t believe a bit of the garbage they were required to shovel, but the kids ate it up. I asked my language teacher why we didn’t “do our words” (vocabulary) anymore and why we spent so little time on reading, and she said if I wanted to spend more time doing that, I could stay after school. Even in elementary school, I would stay for an hour or more after school to work with my teachers on learning.
I find now, as an adult, that children are starved for education. They are literally bored in school! My 10 year old cousin is listless and seems to be vacant of anything resembling intellect. I ask him what he learns in school, and he just tells me nothing important. When I work on my uncle’s computer or try to fix some electronics around their house, that kid is glued to my hip. He’s vibrant and wants to learn. That tells me that schools, anymore, are just daycares for these kids. They’re not teaching them squat, and that’s disgusting.
true self-worth comes from doing what’s right and from legitimate achievement. Not praise passed out like candy, but genuine achievement coming as the consequence of significant effort. You earn worth, it isn’t given out for free.Granted, it's more an objective than a plan for action, but you've got to have agreement on the former before you can do the latter, anyway.
Obviously you’ve forgotten the 70’s. The Boomers started working when they finally realized that money was cool and smokin’ doobie and banging Moon Unit Star Child didn’t pay the rent. Then like all things they went to the extreme and overdid it.
I've got no problem with that, to a point. That is, for very young kids, it's better to focus on effort and participation rather than worrying about records and statistics (although, by, say, age 7, the kids are well aware of who's winning and losing, despite no official scoring). But at least in my neck of the woods, that goes away at age 9 or so (at least for baseball and soccer, which are what my eldest focuses on). Then, scores and standings are kept, only the top teams make the playoffs, and there are winners and losers.
Teach him well my friend, it might be the only education he gets.
I love these kids today. There are plenty of good ones to go with the bad ones, you just have to get away from the coasts and the urban centers to see it.
Not all Boomers were hippies.
“People who think they are superior have an uncanny tendency to be inferior.”
The line of wisdom from this article.
Pair it with another great line “success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” and you understand the problem.
People that are concerned about their abilities work harder.
I haven’t had TV since 2006!
Its such an eerie feeling when I’m watching raw, unfiltered TV, complete with commercials. Very foreign.
Yes, there is hope. I am 29.
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