On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Vitaliy wrote:

> Byron Jeff wrote:
> > You're dealing with a cultural and generational issue here. I got a chance
> > to hear a local Psycology professor speak a couple of weeks ago on the
> > Millenial generation of students. She listed a host of common traits that
> > they simply do not share with previous generations:
> >
> > - Self centered
> > - A coddled sense on entitlement.
> > - Rejecting of authority
> > - Feels alienated when chastised
> 
> "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for 
> authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of 
> exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. 
> They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their 
> parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross 
> their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
> 
> - Socrates (470 - 399 BC) 

Our children can read us (their parents) like books. They see us when we 
are selfish, envious, unjust, self opinionated, shallow and full of shit. 
They endure teachers who are mediocure and begrudge the job they are in. 
They listen to the lies of the politicians and the commentry of the sour 
apathetic adults. They listen to adverts on TV that tell them not to be 
content with what they have. If you want to blame anyone, don't blame the 
children - we made them the way they are.

Sergio Masci
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