Good lord, they don't mean us, do they? This is ridiculous, I hoped our generation would grow out of the babying stage of our lives sooner or later. We don't need consultants to baby us more, give us that much needed culture shock! Aren't there supposed to be quite a few people unemployed right now? Who are we to complain when landing that rare job?
I believe 'we' are part of Generation X. The dates for being a Milenial 60 Minutes gave were, I think, 1977 through the 1990s. I just caught the tail end of the Gen X period.
Well, roughly 500 years ago Copernicus said that the sun was the center of our solar system. It seems it's taken the Milenials to prove that untrue: They are the center of their own solar systems and everything (including their work) revolves are them.
Perhaps this explains why I have students who don't even hesitate to interrupt my conversations. It's all about me, me, me. I can't tell you how many times this past week I've been helping a student individually just to have another student come right up and ask me a question - without even hesitating.
Of course, it's the parents fault. Mostly anyway. Just go to any elementary school graduation (who ever heard of such a damn ridiculous thing anyway) or to any athletic event and watch the parents film it or rave about their kids or shout at the coach or officials and you'll see what I mean. Or listen to the parents lie and make excuses for their kids.
Quite frankly, we've done this to this generation. Now we have to deal with our own creations. Kind of like Frankenstein.
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Good lord, they don't mean us, do they? This is ridiculous, I hoped our generation would grow out of the babying stage of our lives sooner or later. We don't need consultants to baby us more, give us that much needed culture shock! Aren't there supposed to be quite a few people unemployed right now? Who are we to complain when landing that rare job?
I believe 'we' are part of Generation X. The dates for being a Milenial 60 Minutes gave were, I think, 1977 through the 1990s. I just caught the tail end of the Gen X period.
Well, roughly 500 years ago Copernicus said that the sun was the center of our solar system. It seems it's taken the Milenials to prove that untrue: They are the center of their own solar systems and everything (including their work) revolves are them.
Perhaps this explains why I have students who don't even hesitate to interrupt my conversations. It's all about me, me, me. I can't tell you how many times this past week I've been helping a student individually just to have another student come right up and ask me a question - without even hesitating.
Of course, it's the parents fault. Mostly anyway. Just go to any elementary school graduation (who ever heard of such a damn ridiculous thing anyway) or to any athletic event and watch the parents film it or rave about their kids or shout at the coach or officials and you'll see what I mean. Or listen to the parents lie and make excuses for their kids.
Quite frankly, we've done this to this generation. Now we have to deal with our own creations. Kind of like Frankenstein.
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