Thank goodness

[CoeburnCane]

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i dont know of anyone who is my age who thinks they will start out at the top and stay there...but i did know people like that in high school/middle school etc.

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And now most of those people are either digging ditches because they thought they'd be playing a sport for money, or sucking off of mommy & daddy's teat to get by on what's left of their trust fund.

[gcdevil22]

actually neither...the kids i knew who played sports were the ones who knew theyd have to start out low and their job probably wouldnt have anything to do with sports

the kids i was referring to were some stoners who thought they could coast by and still be able to get what they wanted on a high school education alone

[Craes]

I agree on the whole teet comment. I know people who don't HAVE it to give yet still coddle their kids and will support them until no matter what CUT THE CORD PEOPLE JUST CUT IT....heck it turns into a cycle, kinda like with welfare. I worked for 5.15, was darn good at what I did, then after a little bit of school I was able to make a little more, but not much. With that job I got my @$$ kicked, I was cussed, then belittled by my boss...I would have rather worked for the 5.15. I have to also fault systems for that as well, cause if you make a little money you qualify for no help, makes people want to make more money or no money. My kid is a little lazy, sleeps late, messes with the computer or watches tv. She does her chores, with little back talking, she is a 13 year old female, if she didn't have attitude she wouldn't be normal. But she gets out and mows the yard with my husband, she knows how to run a weedeater, she comes to the car and carries in groceries, She vacuums and bathes the dog (speaking the little fat thing needs a bath) and looks forward to the day that she can get a job, she knows what McD's pays too.

[retiredteach]

You are correct, vthokie22, I should not generalize like that. Not all young folks are like that.

[imported_ut1]

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Taught for some 33 years so perhaps that qualifies me somewhat to voice my opinion. The teen-ager of today basically has no responsibilities or ambition. They expect to have things handed to them and expect to start out at the top. When I retired my salary was just over $50000, but in 1969, when I began, it was $5700. We parents, in our efforts to make it easier on them that we had it, have spoiled them. I always had trouble dealing with lazy people. Still do, as a matter of fact.

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Having 50+ years of life experience and teaching kids in areas other than school curriculum, I'd say you hit the nail on the head also. However, I do see promise in a lot of young folk, and parents out there who are working hard to give their kids what they need (and sometimes want)while still developing lasting qualities in them. True, there seems to be fewer and fewer parents that are doing that, and let's face it: it's tough to teach a kid about committment if they don't see it in their parents' lives. Too dang many convenient divorces out there these days.