I taught grad students in 1990 and found even if they were not the brightest, they tried very hard to become better and were embarrassed if they were not up to par.
Today, their self esteem is far more important to them so they do not try, and they couldn’t care less. “Stupid is cool” seems to be the mantra. Trying means possible failure and mommy isn’t there to fix it if they fail. They are scared to death to even try.
It is why so many younger people say they will not work for a big business. They are scared to death to even try. They fear the unknown, so they make excuses that their ethics won’t let them “sell out” to a big business.
“They fear the unknown, so they make excuses that their ethics won’t let them “sell out” to a big business.”
Good post.
The way human psychology works is that humans decide what they want to do.
Then they create an explanation to justify why they did it.