Well working at the fair has been very interesting. Working at the fair has been worth it just for the people watching. One thing that I have noticed while working at the fair is a particular attitud amoung the younger generation coming through my gate. There seems to be an overdeveloped sense of entightlement... that somehow the world should be delivered to them on a silver platter, that they don't really need to think at all, that the rest of the world will alway take care of them, look out for them, and submit to thier will.... and the kicker.... they take no personal responsibility in the things that happen to them due to thier own poor choices.
Honestly....... actions have consequences, not just for us, but for those around us. It's time that start teaching children that they need to be responsible for thier choices, if we cannot convey that simple message then we are doomed as a culture
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But, we've spent so many years cultivating a society in which it is taboo to push a child too hard. We're beyond all that, right? Children float into healthy adulthood without much confrontation on issues in which they need to grow. We as parents can spend all our time thinking about only ourselves and everythnig will be just great. The Great American Lie or Dream or whatever.
Damn straight.
I'll tell you what what the great american lie is: it's what is being told to these children: that you can get whatever you want without having to work for it, jus sit back and let the goverment take care of you.... and this has worked into ever aspect of thier life.
John where do you think those "values" the kids are being fed come from.....and you wanna be a christian dem candidate???? There are big big ditches when we go to far left, or right...
I guess that was my point. I'm looking for something that takes the best from the right and the left. Or at least leaves out some of the crap we find with both.
I was only kidding about being a candidate.
And I suppose that the 'Great Lie' of entitlement is no more or less harmful that the 'Myth of Meritocracy' that the rest of us were raised on: i.e., "I'm where I am today because I worked hard and earned it -- not because I was born with any sort of privilege that tilted the field in my favor from birth."
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