Re: OT Rude People

Posted by 2002sliverado on November 29, 2016 at 12:35:38 from (216.16.75.34):

In Reply to: OT Rude People posted by Super-H-Mike on November 29, 2016 at 09:46:59:

Like many other things in life, the causes for this are more complex than one might imagine. I, too, am 50 years old. I have two teenaged daughters. The oldest is in her second year of college and our youngest is a special needs child. We are rather fortunate that our youngest daughter has not been teased or ridiculed because of her challenges. Part of that is the community in which we live in is small, rural, and our school has a top notch special education department. I have seen such an incredible amount of care and concern for every special needs child, in what I have witnessed, by the vast majority of the mainstream students. It also helped our oldest daughter was 5 years ahead of our youngest in the school system, and whether realized or not, she helped pave the way for our youngest in establishing the bonds and support of several other students who are friends and acquaintances of our youngest. When I look at this, I feel very fortunate.

As a whole, I see kids from various types of difficult circumstances based on family/parental situation, or income/economic situation, where there tends to be an inability to help provide a sound foundation to the growth of kids. I also see the other end of the spectrum where the parents have given far too much, essentially bringing their kids up to feel they are entitled to much more than is reasonable. I base part of that when I look in the school parking lot and see lots of vehicles newer than what I am driving, and these the kids' cars! I would also offer so many feel entitled to a high paying job without having to work for it or put in their time to move up the corporate ladder. I remember about 6 years ago, I young guy who worked where I do came in and after 3 years decided to leave. His reasoning was he was not going to move up the ladder. I was 44 at the time and my assistant administrator was 51. Apparently he did not realize this when he applied for the position, went through the interview, was made aware of the organizational chart and who served in administrative capacities, and ultimately accepted our offer. He, and his replacement who left our employment earlier this year, apparently did not learn the proper way to leave an employer. I was brought up that when you submit your resignation, you make sure you leave by being the very best employee you can be, in order to help leave a positive and lasting impression, because you never know when you might need that employer to provide a recommendation for you in the future. These two were pretty much useless their last two weeks on the job. I found their actions and their attitude absolutely appalling those final two weeks.

I see too many kids who don't know what a part time job is all about. There are so many who DO have a part time job, but are seriously lacking in their people skills. I grew up on a farm where we had chores starting at a young age and these chores were added to as we grew older. I also had a part time job and full time summer jobs to earn money to save for furthering my education, as well as put gas into the car I drove. I also bought my first car and every car thereafter. When it needed tires, I bought them. When it needed repairs, I paid for them. I was not in the position to just take it to the repair shop and have them send my dad the bill. I also did the repairs I taught myself to do, too. I didn't have a personal computer or an electronic handheld device to stick my nose into for hours on end, or a private cell phone that I had to myself.

My wife learned in one of her jobs about the "future outlook" today's kids have. They have a rather bleak outlook. They live for today and don't fret about tomorrow. They don't see a positive or promising future, which results in some of their apathy. A college education is so incredibly costly today, too. When I looked at my college education from the 1980's, and did a cost analysis of what it would take today to fund that education, it was about 5 times as much today as it was then. Then the entry level positions are only paying out 2 times what I started at in 1989. Part of this dismal outlook might be tied to all the negativity we are exposed to. This can be found in our media, our entertainment venues, etc. There is much more focus on the negative while so little is said about the positive.

Poor work ethic; poor people skills; nearly non functionality in their verbal communications skills; entitlement; bad home environments; poor role models at home with respect to their parents; the list could go on and on as to why we have so many of the youth we have today. Fortunately not all are that way, but I feel we have more of these types in the more urbanized areas, as compared to the more rural areas.

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