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.
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.
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.
“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.
The "Gods of the Copybook Headings" will sort this out in their own good time.
Thank you, Mr. Kipling.
Oh baloney.
There’ve been plenty of narcissistic jerks in every generation. And said jerks have never been more so that at about this age. This is like the whining of the ancient Romans and probably Egyptians that the younger generation is a bunch of spoiled, lazy punks.
“”The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers.”
-Socrates, 5th century BC “
It *ALL* comes down to the parents.
Plus, as happened with plenty of “my” generation, a few years in the real world will straighten ‘em right up. All but the truly stupid ones, anyway and the stupid ones are stupid be it ancient Sumaria and will be in the 25th century.
I immediately recognized it, and check, and yep, it's Bob. I was a native Rochesterian, and he's better on the radio. His message, when he is writing, is still stellar.
But his style sucks.
Because he writes like this.
In short sentence fragments.
Which mostly annoys me.
A lot.
Parenting 101 is to tell your children that they’re crap (because, initially, they are), and make them prove they’re not crap, while still letting them know they’re loved. It always works.
Hinge it to a goal.
You want to get into college? Don’t write your essay all about yourself and how wonerful you are. Gear it to the educators who will be reading it. They like kids who love learning. Tell them what you want to learn.
Get the kids’ heads to turn around that way if you can.
Or the same with getting a job: Don’t talk about your qualifications and your paltry experience. Tell them what you know about their company and how it’s the place you want to work and why.
Kids are taught that it’s all about them for so long that they find it hard to make the switch. When you’re looking for something, a college education or a job, you’ve got to turn it around.
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