tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post8798494651700449072..comments2023-10-24T04:43:53.179-04:00Comments on KGMom Musings: What Generation is this?KGMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-39676002101842601792009-04-07T12:11:00.000-04:002009-04-07T12:11:00.000-04:00I am just catching up on reading blogs. The genera...I am just catching up on reading blogs. The generation you are teaching has been indulged, pampered, spoilt by their parents. Of course this is a generalization and thankfully there are those who have been taught to look beyond themselves. A recently published survey of Canadian professors indicated that students are less prepared for university than they were even 3 years ago.<BR/>http://news.therecord.com/News/article/516190Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-37569154636811290082009-04-06T09:00:00.000-04:002009-04-06T09:00:00.000-04:00Very thought provoking post - and interesting comm...Very thought provoking post - and interesting comments, too!Dog_geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797650391128520269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-55575830481463967682009-04-05T22:31:00.000-04:002009-04-05T22:31:00.000-04:00I know that I have always been call the Generation...I know that I have always been call the Generation Xmon@rchhttp://monarchbfly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-42017084104077248152009-04-05T21:50:00.000-04:002009-04-05T21:50:00.000-04:00I doubt that the Bush administration is a major fa...I doubt that the Bush administration is a major factor in this case (little as I liked it). The roots are too complex for a post or a blog, but somewhere or other we probably have to admit that we all helped create a world in which a group of young people will say that they see no responsibility to care for less developed nations.<BR/><BR/>They may have meant that we have our own poor, whom we should care for. They may simply feel entitled. But we have spent several generations working out the concept of individual rights in ways that do not encourage us to look around for responsibility to care for others.<BR/><BR/>As some of your post-ers have noted, there are still young people who defy this image. They go to New Orleans and help out. They spend years in the Middle East living in a conflict situation for the sake of conscience. But as a society we have spent generations creating what you describe in your classroom. I would be interested in your own further analysis of what's going on.Climenheisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989459133238230712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-49050078051232906712009-04-05T09:42:00.000-04:002009-04-05T09:42:00.000-04:00I used to teach a course called World Issues. I wo...I used to teach a course called World Issues. I would like to think that most of my students would have answered differently.<BR/><BR/>I remember some PD days of many years ago, some guy attempting to help us understand kids with the title "You Are What You Were When." The idea was that your growing up period influences you ever after.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-46691290787059507502009-04-04T22:35:00.000-04:002009-04-04T22:35:00.000-04:00I was born so long ago that I've forgotten what we...I was born so long ago that I've forgotten what we were called (1933)...ha. I think one reason that the world loves Michelle Obama is because she is NOT obsessed with her looks. She strikes me as a very warm and truly human being.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-90927091624355176182009-04-04T20:04:00.000-04:002009-04-04T20:04:00.000-04:00It's a different world than when we were teens and...It's a different world than when we were teens and young adults, that's for sure!RuthieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663411478574192825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-10773440688942245482009-04-04T17:20:00.000-04:002009-04-04T17:20:00.000-04:00It is easy to get discouraged but when I see and h...It is easy to get discouraged but when I see and hear reports about all these college kids on spring break driving from across Minnesota and from Iowa to Fargo to help fill sandbags it gives me hope!possumladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060146825196164963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-46882856240404020822009-04-04T14:52:00.000-04:002009-04-04T14:52:00.000-04:00Very interesting - - -Very interesting - - -JeanMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536421799031706759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-91688235157581778502009-04-04T08:38:00.000-04:002009-04-04T08:38:00.000-04:00I was at the tail end of the Boomers. I remember s...I was at the tail end of the Boomers. I remember seeing a piece on 60 Minutes last year about how this generation (called Millennials) expects to be told how wonderful they are at everything. They have been so coddled by their parents and told they can do no wrong, that employers are saying that if you criticize them, they'll just simply walk away. It's an interesting dynamic.<BR/><BR/>Here is the URL link:<BR/>http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4126233n%3fsource=search_videoJaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-90422736044630514142009-04-03T21:09:00.000-04:002009-04-03T21:09:00.000-04:00It is indeed frightening to think that the student...It is indeed frightening to think that the students do not feel that rich countries should help poor ones. But look at the only administration they remember. They see our country with the tunnel vision of the "leaders" for the past eight years.<BR/><BR/>I knew our values were deteriorating four years ago when a co-worker told me that her Girl Scout troop had requested a camp course on makeup and hair. At Girl Scout camp!NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.com