tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6965212617108501405..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Are Millennials Unlucky?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-20966250587420320402013-05-01T07:46:43.088-07:002013-05-01T07:46:43.088-07:00If the "boomers" did such a great job ed...If the "boomers" did such a great job educating the young why are we 45th in the world in education? There was a portion who got their degrees by intimidation, threat , sit ins, changing grades, et al and it was these people who eventually too over the education system. One only has to look at the degree of scholarship emanating from these institutions. If it were not for Deconstructionism, Poststructuralism, Modernism, Minimalism and Academic Collectivism they would cease to exist as educators or should one say propagandists.<br />The people who suffered the most from "Boomers" were other "Boomers" who were not from the upper and upper middle class at the time. I suspect that the Millennials suffer the same reputation from the same kind of people.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3360024240671887162013-05-01T03:32:20.501-07:002013-05-01T03:32:20.501-07:00This bugs me. As a Boomer, I'm stereotyped as ...This bugs me. As a Boomer, I'm stereotyped as "the '60s generation". Apart from enjoying the music, I was anything But. So were most of my peers.<br /><br />I joined the Army. Over 90% of my peers who were drafted, answered the call. A higher rate than WW2 (per Prof. Roger Little, U of IL Chicago).<br /><br />I considered the "60s Gen" Utopian, Antinomian, Nihilistic. Coddled upper class twits who got all the attention, wrote the books, teach. "Anti-War" ninnies.<br /><br />They are the US equivalent of French "le gratin" - the top of the souffle (I think). Maybe 10% of my generation. I hate being conflated w/them.<br /><br />The Millennial stereotype sounds similar. But I could be wrong about that. -- Rich LaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84332268169705727842013-04-30T23:08:37.814-07:002013-04-30T23:08:37.814-07:00Don't forget Stuart, these millennials are put...Don't forget Stuart, these millennials are putting money aside for your social security benefits - paying into a system that will likely collapse before they can reap similar benefits. Idiots indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-45946552056819675492013-04-30T18:27:19.416-07:002013-04-30T18:27:19.416-07:00The Millennials were raised by Baby Boomers!!! Hee...The Millennials were raised by Baby Boomers!!! Heeeellloooo! The Boomers were the most materialistic generation which did rub off on their offspring. Why no mention of the Boomers friend? The millenials did not ruin the economy. Millenials are having a hard life now and please do not paint them all with one brush...I may have painted the Boomers with a broad stroke myself but its clear the majority are dolts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-58235576899821962682013-04-30T15:32:00.741-07:002013-04-30T15:32:00.741-07:00All these vignettes testify to the consequences of...All these vignettes testify to the consequences of an entire generation of yoots (channel Joe Pesci, please) never hearing the word "NO."<br /><br />The most telling piece was the HR manager being willing to go on the record (a rarity these days, especially when talking about groups wholesale) and his saying that "You're perfect just as you are." That is frightening in many ways. I often wonder if Millennials have ever really been challenged or tried to beat a system or figure out a way to skip school and not get caught. That's the fun kind of problem-solving, and it's exciting because there's something on the line. When adults accept (and even encourage, haw-haw) "Senior Skip Day," it loses its luster.<br /><br />When you're "perfect just as you are," it's a tacit invitation to avoid learning anything meaningful. There's no need to grow or test your mettle. In fact, growth could be viewed as just another abstraction left up to free choice, like whether you'll have a slice of apple pie or a cookie. <br /><br />The thing that educators are missing today with telling children how "extraordinary" and "special" they are is simultaneously letting them know that they're also very ordinary. They're human beings like the rest of us. You're not a novelty or some cherub who arrived here from the planet Krypton. You're a carbon form with a soul. The soul is the extraordinary part we can't talk about anymore in public school. The carbon form part just makes you a blob of material, and we talk about that all day in biology and on the news with our indifference to Dr. Kermit's abortion clinic of horrors. How to meld the soul with the body and the mind is the real trick of making your life, connecting with others and finding your calling. But we only talk about how "everyone is unique" which is self-evidently preposterous... yet true at the same time. Get that? A paradox? I can text it to you if it's easier...<br /><br />That's the extent of my analysis here. Every generation complains about the next one in line. Taking a cell call in the middle of an interview is wacky. Helicopter parents suffer from psychosis when they're supposed to be leading. The pets thing is a consequence of how our culture has come to embrace the idea of pets as people... and in some cases, more important than people.<br /><br />TipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-43573460042967109292013-04-30T13:01:11.076-07:002013-04-30T13:01:11.076-07:00Millenials aren't unlucky, they're just st...Millenials aren't unlucky, they're just stupid for the most part. Most of the "education" that's touted is dubious at best. What's education worth if you don't learn critical thinking? <br /><br />I was going to say something about the whole cheap and abundant food part that the author throws out there, but Stuart already took care of that. Inflation is going to hit these idiots like a ton of bricks. <br /><br />I work at a university (not as a professor) and I had one of my student workers tell me that she was going to go cross-country this summer. When I told her that she should actually start saving that money, she looked at me like I was from another planet. <br /><br />Such is the mentality of these morons. But they had pretty good teachers in the Boomers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23552407710146660062013-04-30T11:37:16.536-07:002013-04-30T11:37:16.536-07:00The Educrats have done their jobs sooooooooooo wel...The Educrats have done their jobs sooooooooooo well!Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-51451674221768578012013-04-30T11:35:31.957-07:002013-04-30T11:35:31.957-07:00So many of today's problems ultimately go back...So many of today's problems ultimately go back to poor parenting.LordSomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483452672640797537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-45838796579570551012013-04-30T10:59:08.138-07:002013-04-30T10:59:08.138-07:00Funny stuff. I wonder why compamies today prefer i...Funny stuff. I wonder why compamies today prefer immigrants. Millenials are not unlucky, they are just suicidal.Bobbyenoreply@blogger.com