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mid-morning on Thursday, the 13th of November 2008 by Capt Jake Fortune
I’m a little too lazy right now to find the other post where we were talking about the millennial kids, but looks like it will be getting worse:
Teens today are overconfident and harbor more unrealistic expectations than teens in the 1970s, a study published in the November issue of Psychological Science finds.
And researchers say the culprits behind the arrogance that many teens possess are their parents and teachers.
They’re already playing the blame game..
The study’s co-author told HealthDay news that the findings point to a "self-esteem" movement that may have gone too far.
"These kids didn’t raise themselves, they got these ideas from somewhere," said Jean Twenge, an associate professor of psychology at San Diego State University.
Because modern day parents hand out endless praise, kids readily believe they are somehow superior, she said.
Now, did anyone with even a bit of common sense not see this coming like a freight train with no brakes?
Furthermore, research shows that high school teachers now give out "A" grades more easily than they in the 1970s, even though students do less homework today than they did 30 years ago.
This is an interesting finding to me. I’ve been hearing for years from the education establishment that classes are so much harder now than they were 30 years ago. So what is the truth then? Are classes harder now or back then?
For the study, which is not yet published online, researchers looked at 30 years of data from the Monitoring the Future study, in which students offer self-views on questions such as how smart they are and what type of spouses they’ll make in the future.
They found that teens today were more likely to describe themselves as "A" students, even if they’re not, and to believe they’ll make exemplary spouses and employees.
The overconfidence is causing teens to set "wildly" unrealistic goals for themselves, Twenge said.
Maybe the one good thing about this recession going on is that it may serve as an early reality check against these expectations, when these wonderful intelligent future employees can’t even get the flipping burger jobs.
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November 13th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Delenda Est dislikes stereotypical millennials almost as much as he dislikes Carthaginians… *almost*…
November 13th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
We saw this coming.. those who did not need to be shot (put out of their misery!)
I have been referring to these kids as the “bubble-wrapped” generation..
A doctor I worked for (ophthalmologist).. one patient that was a poster child for this generation came in for an eye exam.. she was in tears and this was doing the visual acuity portion I was giving her (reading the letters on the wall).. Her mother was with her.. she just fed the behavior.. I took the doctor outside of the building and said what the heck.. does she have some mental issue? he said yes.. her mother!
What is wrong with the parents who feel the need to hand hold their kids into their high school years, into their 1st jobs, into their classrooms, into their college years.. etc.. what the heck is wrong with them?
What is going to happen to these overly protected kids down the line? when they have to deal with their first splinter on their own.. or heck paper cut.. will this be an emergency (working in medical enviroments, i say yes!)
the protection is more than of course the parents.. it is schools.. but the schools got that way because of the parents. My grandmother who only had a 2nd grade education was far smarter then the high school or heck college graduates are now! It sickens me!
Thank you for that post..
Yes schools have lowered their standards to painful levels.. I am sure they how nothing more than to figure out how to use spell check anymore! Seriously need to go back to the non-electric typewriter I learned on.. imagine kids today.. their heads would literally pop off!
November 14th, 2008 at 4:39 am
Actually, I do blame the parents, for some of it. They have raised ego-centric monsters.
How many times do you hear these monsters on TV about procreating. They wanted a baby, dam* the consequences. Or, they wanted to go out, so left the baby alone, because partying was more important.
And they have definitely lowered the educatonal standards. All because they want kids to feel good about their grades. If a kid puts no effort into school, give them the f that they so richly deserve. And if a kid busts his chops, and achieves alot, give him the A.
Earlier in the year, there was an article about a pitcher who was kicked out of his little league. His “crime” – he was too good. Evidently, no one could get a hit off of him. Now, this was a kid that qualified for the league (ie, right age, right location). But, because he made the others “feel bad” because he was so good. Tthey chose to remove him, when they should have either taken the loss (pitchers can’t pitch every game anyway) or stepped up to the plate, and better the hitter’s “game”.
Another interesting story is this – a relation of mine teaches elementary school math. She is never allowed to give a kid 100% on a test. How’s that for a bizarre rule? Evidently, the school says that no one is perfect, so no one can get a 100%. But, she teaches MATH. Math is one of the subjects that there are right and wrong answers (no “interpretations”, etc.). So, if a kid gets all of their math right, she has to find something wrong.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:25 am
consumo, ergo sum
Motto for the generation of which we are speaking