Hope you can see this okay. This article was written in 1959 and sort of addresses the sense of entitlement that so many people these days have. Apparently, I am not alone in my thinking about people who think a better position in life is going to jump up and bite them or fall in their laps.
Spending a good chunk of the last decade in college, I see that John Tapene's advice fell on deaf ears. Can you believe there are students out there who actually expect the professors to write the notes for them? If one more twenty-something with sparkly nail polish asks the teacher "Can you put an outline on Blackboard?"...Then there's "What exactly is going to be on the test?" and "Is there extra credit?" I say, take your own notes! Get a good understanding of the material so it won't matter what the teacher puts on the test! And do what's required, extra credit is only extra when you did the assignments!
So, I see that I am going off on a tangent, so I'm going to end on that note.
By the way, this article was suggested by Bruce Angel in response to my last blog.
Shannon
I agree with the article somewhat. I feel kids and most adults nowadays do feel like the world owes them something. The sooner people start to realize that we control our own destiny the better off we will be. This country has suppressed people and have them to where they think they cannot think for themselves or do anything on their own. They want everything handed to them, on a silver platter nonetheless. We've been babyfied, for lack of a better word. If the teachers don't give the notes most are lost, if they don't give us a place to go then we go nowhere, if they don't tell us what to think then we don't think. It's up to those that understand this to change it. It starts now with us. To teach pur children to think for themselves. To question everything, to not depend on anyone but themselves. We need to teach our children that they are the only ones that control their destiny. It's up to them. When I was younger we didn't have youth centers and the like or a million video games. We could go outside and grab randoms pieces of garbage and make things to play with like sling shots and go carts. In school we didnt have recorders or laptops. We had to actually listen and take notes as they were spoken. We studied and researched things for understanding. But somewhere all of that was lost. As we move in to technologically advanced ages we are losing our ability to think for ourselves. This is something that must change or we as a society will be doomed. I know my little rant is all over the place but I get very heated about topics.like this and have thoughts spewing out of my head.
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