[QUOTE=davem4616;2000949]there are far too many loony-tunes running around out there...you learn from history...you don't try to cover it up, or try to judge it through the eyes of the present
IMHO, among the mistakes that we've made was giving every kid a trophy for just showing up, so that their fragile feelings wouldn't be scared at a young age
we have a generation of people that grew up in a bubble and now aren't able to accept reality
we also have a lot of people in academia that are very biased....and seem to preach their own bias vs teach the course content...
then when these kids graduate and they realize they weren't prepared for the real world, they whine and pout and decide they're not going to pay off their college loans
the country I grew up in no longer exists
I agree with this post.
Compared to growing up in the 50's, the most obvious difference today, as I see it, is the lack of personal responsibility (It's not my fault I failed, it was my parents, the school system, I was bullied etc, etc.) AND a diminishing work ethic.
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